[Mike Martus]

New years day is the day we should all take a step back, relax deeply and look at the world around us and enjoy this moment of solitude and peace. .................No thinking about robots, drive systems, programming, hotel reservations, the kick off, the new game possibilities, ordering supplies, the team, the bus arrangements, the build schedule, late nights, pizza, hacksaws, welding, wheels, did I say drive systems, and programming. No thinking about chairmans award, event schedules, competitive assessments, web, Chief Delphi forums, pizza, trinkets and trash, drive teams, robot drivers, what the human player will do, romances on the team, afterschool meetings, design teams, sketches, motor torque and gear ratios, wire gage, tools to be ordered, the tool box, pit layout, ordering electronics, the new game, last years problems, this years solutions, lessons learned, prototypes, strength issues, being overweight, stall speeds, how to pick up the hoops, scoring them on the pyramids, descoring the hoops, traction, ordering aluminum, pizza .....ya right!!!!!!!!