what do you do during the slow months?

[Tyndmyr]

Slow months? What are those?

Hypothetically if my three groups simultaneously stopped playing and my neighboring groups, who I've been invited to but haven't had time to join, suddenly filled their tables, I guess I might have a slow month.

If all that happened, I'd offer to run a game. Or I'd make plans for the next game I intended to run. While I appreciate improv, I put a lot of prep into my games so I have a solid basis to improv around. I like building a collection of ideas - NPCs, plots, combat scenarios, puzzles, etc - in between games so I have plenty of stuff ready to go when it's time to GM.

This, pretty much. I'm playing one pbp game, play one game 1-2 times a week, and play another one 1-2 times a month. That is roughly as much as I can fit into my schedule, so I turn down additional opportunities.

I've never had a great problem finding people to play with. It's somewhat less common for me to not be DMing at least one game, but I'm finding the break somewhat relaxing.