[@Leslie Hall]

I think if everything's overwhelming, you should have your break in peace--meaning no worries about the RP, including potentially lengthy answers to difficult questions (that would amount to the length of an IC post, haha).

I'd say take the hiatus you need in peace, otherwise you'd still be under the umbrella of "worrying about keeping people waiting on replies," just this time you'd be worrying about replies to questions.

My two cents.