You are making hella progress playing 2 cent 4 cent games. Is that a typo? Did you mean $2/$4?

And I am guilty of waiting instead of playing short-handed. My style of play works best with 7 or more players. Plus it is worth waiting for favorable table conditions. When u start a new table the dynamics are unknown, and it will cost u $$ to find out. I only play on Stars and finding a table is never an issue there. I cant speak about other sites though.