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

[Alalea]

When you go home and quote/laugh about the build sessions all day.
Or you show people the video/pictures of your robot, repeating every detail about it several times. You introduce the show as: "Lemme show you my pride and joy."

[danshaffer]

when you compare a robot driving autonomously at full speed into a wall of desks and turning left at just the right moment to a cnc mill running at G0 for the vise...

when your battlecry for the last 2-3 weeks has been "SHIP IT"

[JaneYoung]

When you arrive home and look up to see your black cat and your white cat racing side by side to greet you with their tails in the air and you think about the checkered flag.

*sigh, you had to be there, I need sleep...*

[DarkFlame145]

When you wake up from Dean randomly popping up in a dream, talking to you about GP.

Oh also when people know that GP stands for Gracious Professionalism.

[MasterChief 573]

When you come home at 4:00 am from an 18 hour meeting with 1 day left to build and are holding a Monster can with "B F C" marked on it.

[troy27]

You know you've overdosed on FIRST when

you remember what day things happen and when things are do by when awards are due

When you are at school seven hours longer than you should be.... DAILY

[Matt C]

When you dream about trying to get a specific part of the robot to work exactly as designed. Then when you wake up, you hit snooze because you need to "work" on it longer.

[redtide]

funnything master cheif I did that last night and I couldn't sleep I just closed my eyes

when you can tell moseople that there was this one time at _____ where I did ___ and the entire team just starts cracking up

[Danny McC]

Hmm does not hanging out with a potential girl friend who knows nothing about robotics count? If so I am totally there. But yeah I guess that worked out against me in the end lol.


Edit: I was supposed to hang out with her like 10 times. But I always kept remembering I had meetings.

[MiniNerd24]

When you go to school and your chair is broken you ask "Where's the duct tape?" or "Where's the loc-tite?"

[pyxelz]

-...you are shocked and slightly confused when you DON'T find aluminum shavings in your pockets and hair.

[Zyik]

Originally Posted by pyxelz

-...you are shocked and slightly confused when you DON'T find aluminum shavings in your pockets and hair.

Don't forget the zip ties.

[RoboMom]

When "Ship Day" turns into "Ship Days" due to an overwhelmed FedEx Freight system.

[joycecutliff]

When you're glad the shipping truck is late so you can say bye to your baby

[llama]

Originally Posted by Matt C

When you dream about trying to get a specific part of the robot to work exactly as designed. Then when you wake up, you hit snooze because you need to "work" on it longer.

lol i did that and then was really pissy when my dad tried to get me up