Anyone in FIRST feel like this?

[tonystark_23]

I know when I was a small child and my parents took me to Disney World, that the nights before I couldn't sleep out of excitement. Now, maybe 10 years later, with kickoff approaching I find myself not being able to sleep again!!! I'm just too excited as I think most of us are!

So my question to CD is does anyone else feel like this? I want to hear stories about when you guys realized FIRST would change your life forever!!

[rcmolloy]

Usually I get really excited for things the night before. It's extremely annoying because I can't seem to fall asleep those nights either. Aside from that, all the other students who are on the team with me have all been excited and counting down till Saturday!

[Taylor]

My most sleepless night is the night after kickoff. My mind is swimming with possibilities and an incomplete understanding of the game. After sequestering myself Sunday with the manual, I usually calm myself down.

[IndySam]

I'm with Taylor, trying to get my mind to slow down long enough to get sleep Saturday night will be difficult.

I have always been able to get to sleep the night before Christmas, vacations, kickoff...... The quicker I get to sleep the quicker it arrives!

[Mahekp15]

Yes! i have the same feeling right now, haha, i probably wont be sleeping on time on this friday, and i also get the same feeling when we leave for competition.

[Tetraman]

I can sleep. Just during the day I feel like a giddy 5 year old all the time. Usually hours before the kickoff webcast I'll be going really hyper until the webcast starts - then I get serious and stop moving until reveal.

That's when I use up an entire notebook to cram ideas into at ludicrous speed

[Karibou]

The night before kickoff is usually pretty bad. I try not to drink caffeine on that Friday, because I know that I'm already going to have problems going to bed.

Waking up Saturday morning is more interesting. If I don't wake up to my alarm, it means that I woke up an hour before and then can't get back to sleep, even if it's 4:30am. Saturday night isn't an issue for me at all. Even though my head is swimming, I'm usually pretty burned out from being so giddy all day, and I collapse pretty soon after hitting the pillow.

[tonystark_23]

I think the busiest time for ideas for our team is when all 5 occupants in the main vehicle are all talking at once and trying to put their $0.02 in.

"What if the robot hung from the tower and shot balls at the same time?"
reply: "No, I don't think that's allowed in the rules"

"Awww.....I thought the fish hint meant a water game "

^^epic fail (team 469 FTW)

[Cyberphil]

I have been having insomnia also. School is getting progressively harder to pay attention to, and DT designing up to 2:00 is probably not good, but its better than laying in bed wide awake.

[synth3tk]

It's weird. I usually can't sleep early the Friday night before Kick-Off, and find myself heading to bed around 3am, yet somehow still waking up at 7am and feeling as if I had the best sleep of my life. The same happens for every day of the regionals, too.

[GaryVoshol]

For me, it's the night before competition.

[rabridges]

Originally Posted by tonystark_23

I know when I was a small child and my parents took me to Disney World, that the nights before I couldn't sleep out of excitement. Now, maybe 10 years later, with kickoff approaching I find myself not being able to sleep again!!! I'm just too excited as I think most of us are!

So my question to CD is does anyone else feel like this? I want to hear stories about when you guys realized FIRST would change your life forever!!

Yes, every year I try sleep and unable to. So many ideas running through my mind, when I do fall a sleep. I dream of competitions in my sleep that are related to the game Hints. Sometimes after seeing the new game, I dream how it is played with team. Most of the time I'm spot on. So yeah, over excitement is normal, I call it happy panic attacks.

-Antron-

[DavidGitz]

Originally Posted by tonystark_23

I know when I was a small child and my parents took me to Disney World

I remember when I was younger and I went to Disney World for FIRST Nationals. 2 Days 20 hours to go!

[goodsky]

As an Orlando resident I go to Disney World somewhat frequently, in fact I went twice during the winter break. Disney's capacity to inspire is pretty awesome, but is hardly anything when compared to FIRST. Of course build season is far from a vacation! Regardless I am extremely excited for kickoff, more so than for any trip to Disney World.

It hasn't messed with my sleeping schedule yet, but thoughts of robots have been invading my dreams.

[CassCity2081]

2 days 19 hours 4 minutes 46 seconds away and i am already having a hard time falling asleep. Whenever it comes time for sleep I usually have to read through chief delphi a couple more times to make sure i did not miss a major break through on the game hint. I can catch up on sleep after St. Louis!