Ack, ack, ack! I am about to catch up on the couch from the last couple of days, but I am letting myself post first. I just had my first group meeting, and all I can say is ack. I am going to go back next week, and try to give it a chance, but it was as awkward as I thought it would be. At least the people seemed nice. The very worst thing (in my messed up head) of the entire evening was that my phone was going off while someone was sharing. I ALWAYS have my phone on silent. I just forgot that I had an alarm on for myself to remind me to pick something up when I left. I'm so not used to hearing the phone I thought that it was someone else's when it started going off. Eventually I realized that it was mine, and turned it off. It's killing me now though. I apologized, and they said it was no big deal, but it is to me. This is the sort of thing that will embarrass me for the next year.