[thurston2619]

When you spend more time on robotics than on work & school combined.

When you take time off work to fly out to St. Louis to work Scholarship Row for your college.

When you spend an entire day at work coming up with a new business plan for your robotics team.

When you create a separate resume specifically for FIRST because it won't all fit on your work resume.

When you go to college and start mentoring not one, not two, but THREE FRC teams.

When the only graduation parties you have time to go to are for the FIRST kids you mentor, all others receive a "Sorry, I have another grad party I HAVE to be at that day" message.

When you leave work early to go talk to your college's faculty members about the FIRST Ambassadors program at your school.

When your friends ask for a ride and have to move robotics buttons and pamphlets off the seats before getting in your car.

When you are debating whether or not it is worth it to skip a college class to go to IRI this summer or not.

When you set your last day of work for the term so that you can attend MARC without worrying about missing work.

When you have more FIRST contacts than any other contacts in your phone.

When your parents come to your teams' fundraisers and competitions even though you are now mentoring teams rather than competing.

When you go to the world championship to work scholarship row as a college recruiter and your parents tell you they missed going and want to go with you next year even though you personally aren't competing anymore.

When you have successfully addicted your family to FIRST too and they no longer ask you to come home on weekends from November - April because they know you are going to be at robotics (FLL & FRC).