Carrie, when I saw the title of your post, my hand went to my mouth as I spontaneously yelled NO! When I then read the amazing year you have planned I was thinking "you so deserve this". I'm writing this with more than a little moisture in my eyes - it seems impossible to feel so emotional for someone unknown, but I will definitely miss your presence here on these boards. I know I'm only echoing the words of the others who have posted already, but although everyone contributes in varying degrees and there a lot of experts out there, I really felt that your patience, knowledge, insight and willingness to go the extra mile (sometimes literally) made you something special. I hope you have an absolute ball on your big world adventure - good luck and take a big handful of pixie dust with you.
PS DP says, he'd never have discovered the EOS bread pudding without you, so for that alone "Bon Voyage".