"I missed the starting gun..."

I have not been on my cyclocross bike since the Capital Cross Classic last season
not a single cyclocross practice
not a "hot lap" in the local urban park
not a single mock barrier dismount-remount on a tall curb in the city
nothing

no early race registrations
nothing

I know... I know... I know
I am in a funk
and I know how to get out of this funk
GET OUT AND DO A RACE!
a race will remind me how much I love racing cyclocross

but as of yet
it has yet to happen