The Meet-ups so far!

Having never been to a LifeSIGNS meet-up before, I surprised myself by volunteering to arrange this year’s dates and places. As with anything, one can never find something which will suit everyone, but the two meet-ups so far have been a success, and we still have Manchester to go.

A fairly large group of us met up in London on 12th August, including Wedge, Sarah, Cel and myself. The weather was typical for a British summer, so after not much deliberation we ended up in a pub! In Edinburgh on 19th August 5 LifeSIGNS members and myself met up – the weather was better and we ended up in a park!

It has been fantastic to meet so many LifeSIGNS members in real-life, and it has made the whole LifeSIGNS experience feel more real to me. Meeting Internet friends in real-life is always daunting, but every person I met at the meet-ups is even nicer in real-life! When subsequently asking message-board users how I came across, I was told that I was exactly how they expected. Whether this is because I never stop talking on the board and I don’t shut-up in real-life, or maybe the moose mascot stickers made people realise that I’m moose-mad in real-life too (see the picture at the top!) So I’ll choose to take it as a compliment!

I’m really looking forward to the Manchester meet-up on 2nd September, meeting new people and seeing familiar faces. Sometimes I wish there was more time – when I filled in my questionnaire I said that if LifeSIGNS had £1million, I would like an annual LifeSIGNS weekend retreat. So, we’d better start saving now, or hope for a windfall!