Although meeting CC members is definitely a once-in-a-lifetime experience, it does have some lasting and traumatic effects.
For instance, I have been noticing the following withdrawal symptoms:
* Thinking to myself, "I'll just go down the hall and see what Grace-Like-Rain is doing and... D'OH!!! She isn't there!!!"
* Wanting to holler, "Mom! Shour's picking on me... AGAIN!!!" because Shour is like the big brother who notices--and has something to say--about EVERYTHING you do! I would love to see someone put him in a timeout. Cage. Dangling over a shark tank. For a couple of weeks.
(I got nothin' but love for ya, Shour!)
I also miss having "fiber time" because I've never met anyone else around my age who also takes a fiber supplement in order to aid digestion. (What can I say, we kept things running smoothly...

)
* Fighting the urge to constantly holler at Catherder for nearly saying something inappropriate (sometimes while salsa dancing.) Not, of course, that I wouldn't do this myself! (The nearly saying something inappropriate, not the salsa dancing.)
* Having Misty77 threaten to severely cuddle me to death (which, unfortunately, never happened, much to my gross disappointment.)
* Finding ginormous bags of Wookie Cookies (the joke is, "They're Chewie!") on the dining room table... and when one disappeared (which took all of about 10 minutes), another one would magically take its place out of nowhere.
Most of all I miss having people cook for me!!! SIGH. However will I adjust back into normal society? We shall see, as I go back to work soon.
A CC Meetup is definitely like falling down the rabbit hole or visiting the Land of Oz for a few days... and hopefully we can plan an even more epic adventure in a town near you (or maybe you can come to us

) SOON!
