hey fellow new-timer and thanks for the welcome! I guess the optimism of the empty seat paid off after all :D
I'm looking forward to being as regular as possible. With your response I've suddenly realised I could have been commenting all this while--for some reason I felt like I had to make an introductory post before interacting any other way. I'm not sure why :P
That being said I'll keep an eye out for your first post, and hopefully you intend to make a habit of it too :)