Hey there, nice to meet you!
Seeing as we have until December 16th to fight, I would like to play a while from now because I am entering final exam mode very soon, giving me very little time to prepare for the battles. After my exams are done, I should have more time to prepare teams and battle you afterwards. I should start becoming available around December 9th and on, and will let you know when I can battle. If you need to battle earlier than that because of something in real life, I will try my best to accommodate to the time you want.
For reference, my timezone is PST (GMT -8), and can be quite flexible with scheduling. Just let me know what works for you time-wise and we'll work something out! Best of luck.