Thanks :) part of the problem was I was all gung-ho and had signed up for three at once during what was also a week off (uuuuh... not the thing to do if you're a newb... heh). Then, back to work, and oof, PMD is so busy it's like "ack!". One of them is super slow ::nudges it uncertainly::, and the third is one of the chapter-based ones which I can at least not worry about leaving other players hanging.
But it was a learning experience, and not a bad one. Keep having fun and go pwn Darkrai! *\o/*