I think I've finally put my finger (no pun intended) on what this feeling I have reminds me of. Much the same way I felt as a child, when I would count the days until Christmas, day by day by day. Then would come the big day, always better than I had imagined!! Unfortunately it would only take a day or two before it finally occurred to me that I was starting it all over again.. with 36x days!
That is EXACTLY how I feel after leaving NEST, but of course I didn't have to wait a few days to come to that realization. I was already missing everyone before we even got to breakfast Monday morning!
To take the analogy one step further, the "gifts" I received were seeing old friends again as well as making new friends, new memories, and having new experiences. If a few of those memories / experiences happened to involve giggling, and a little poking here or there, all that much better! 😛 And this is truly a case (at least for me) of it being better to give than to receive. LOL
I am not going to start naming names or anything, as I don't feel this is necessarily the thread for it, and also because I KNOW I will forget to mention someone I would never mean to forget. I will mention my wonderful husband, Ray, who I will blame entirely for getting me involved in this community. Thank God!! I had such a wonderful time, as I knew I would!! Thanks so much to all of you who made it that way, from those who worked so hard to organize the events, those who we played with (although our play this year was pretty informal), and those who we had the opportunity to socialize with. I look forward to seeing you all again next year! Who knows, maybe sooner! (at least for some of you)
For those who we've met in the past at NEST who were not able to be there this year, you were missed and here's hoping for next year!!
Maybe we should come up with a NEST "advent" calender? Hmmm.. (wondering what kind of goodies would be behind the little doorways) 😉