A casual trying to get into the raiding scene

[Shug]

Not sure if this belongs here, but I want to reach as broad an audience as I can. So I'm a casual player, but only out of necessity. I work shift work which doesn't allow me to play on a set schedule like every Tuesday-Friday. Due to this, I haven't been able to get into a static and I've been playing since beta 3. I've tried this forums recruitment pages, and other popular forums as well, and only get 1 or 2 hits at best. So I do the roulettes, get my gear, and for what? At the most I get into a learning party that disbands after a few wipes only to do it again, over and over, never to get past the green and purple puddles of SephEx. Frustrating isn't even the word. I want to raid. I know my schedule is a problem or I would've had a static by now, but I also know that I can't be the only one in this situation. I've transfered servers, left FC's, and even sacrificed sleep ( I work 12 hours and have to wake at 2am when I'm working days). I've watched countless videos, completed the SSS for A5S, but after all that I am still no closer to ever getting in that place until it becomes irrelivant and goes to DF, which lets face it, may still never be cleared. So if you take the time to read this (and thank you if you did), and you are willing to let a filthy casual into your static, or you are in the same boat as I am and have the same desire to tackle the hardest content in the game with a group of people that will progress the same as you, drop me a line, give me suggestions, or just say hi. Thank you.