Well, I've up and left. Going to to live the hippie life on a farm several states away. I'm already on the road now :-) I wanted to wait until after I'd left to let everyone know so that I could focus my energy on packing and planning instead of seeing a bunch of people last second. Plus I'm no good with goodbyes.
The people in the hobby community have been really great to me and I hope you all had as much fun as I did <3