You know you've overdosed on FIRST when...

[Zuelu562]

... everyone in my classes asks me "How did your competition go?"

... your thinking time (aka Showers) is filled with designing things

... you've already planned out half of your summer to do offseason projects!

[mcarobotics]

...you don't know what to do with yourself now that build season is over
...you see random numbers and think of the FRC team
...the pits become like a second home
...you have a massive collection of team pins and robotics t-shirts.
...you have danced the macarena and the YMCA with 40,000 people.
...you are sobbing at the end of the competition, not because you lost, but because it's over.

[rkbot]

...when its all over and your already thinking aboout off season projects

...when competitions are done you realise you havent talked to your friends outside of robotics in a month

...when its over you realise you can think and speak clearly again

...when you use a 7/16 wrench and 5/32 allen key more than a pencil in school

...when standing at a mill or lathe for hours on end is normal... super overdose on that 1

... when you are only at home to sleep for 4 hours

[Celia]

...when you sprain your ankle at competition then insist on staying for alliance selections before going to the ER

[Woolly]

When you wish after-prom wasn't taking up the gym your FRC team uses for all it's practice.

[RobotGeek]

When you get in trouble for looking like you're texting in class while you're actually streaming Colorado reigonals

[MrJohnston]

.... you hear an announcement on sports radio for the "biggest sporting event of the year" and immediately think "Wow, FIRST really is growing!"

... you start posting daily on Cheif Delphi.

[annabananapi]

you walk into the LazerTag arena and dig through all of your pockets in a desperate attempt to find your safety glasses...

[dellagd]

When it isnt losing, but the season ending, that worries you.

[kristinweiss]

... when you realize your speed dial list consists of your family and your robotics mentors

[w1n5t0n]

When you forget about that Mohawk you had until you try to lay down and sleep

[sarahg2543]

Originally Posted by Kyoshirin

When your job isn't to make sure people are wearing safety glasses, it's to make sure they take them off when they leave.

LOL I don't even remember how many times I have left the Robotics room while wearing safety glasses

[sarahg2543]

...When you think of Team 118 EVERY time you hear the song Can't Hold Us (feat. Ray Dalton)

...When you feel absolutely sure there is something in top of your head(safety glasses) even though you are outside of the robotics room

...When you sing the spirit chants of other teams in school

...When you go to CD before checking your school grades

...When you subscribe to this thread to see any more replies

[jcarr]

(For the FTC teams) When your fellow coach (and wife) asks "Did you pick up munchkins or rings at Dunkin Donuts?"

[moogboy]

When you're in public and you see someone wearing a shirt that's somewhat the color of a team's shirt and you think "HEY! I wonder if they're from team XXXX?"

When you go to a MakerSpace and bust out the side shields like it's nothing at all (which it is to you) to the confusion of everyone else.