Thoughts and prayers.
Yay!!
Congratulations!
LOL, we’d have been in the dark in short order. That was a good rule change!
You are all so kind. I appreciate the good wishes and will do my best to live up to expectations.
Off to study. 
I for one welcome our new crustacean overlord.
Oh, right… It’s a tradition here that new mods have to cobble their own jackboots out of the hide of the first troll they take out. Have fun. I recommend a sturdy carpet needle, as troll-skin can be tough. (If your first troll has overly sensitive skin, you might want to wait for a better specimen.)
Also, thanks for helping out!
Hoo, boy.
I think I’ll be very choosy!
Although I don’t think anyone can ever top @Spice_Weasel’s sparkly jackboots. 
Those were epic!
Welcome! And Good Luck!
This board still has hamsters?
I thought I saw somewhere that it’s powered by capybaras now.
ETA: Ah yes! From Feb. 12, 2021, post by @Colibri:
I’ve heard thru the Dope grapevine that @Aspenglow, although she has never heard of me or read any of my 100 posts over 18 years, doesn’t like me and her first priority is to make sure I am the first poster to fall under her shiny new jackboots. What can I do to protect myself? Or am I doomed?
Aww, shucks. If you like them, you can have them. Congrats!
Thank you, Aspenglow for taking on this task.
The Mods here are essential to what makes the SDMB work. Thank you for taking it on. You’ll do great!
Prostrating oneself and begging for preemptive mercy once caused @engineer_comp_geek to consider entertaining the idea of maybe possibly only mod-noting me for a well-crafted insult that found its mark so well that even the recipient’s children had scars.
So, it’s been 48 hours and what has our new moderator to show for it? I want to see some hardcore moderating!
If any of you – ANY OF YOU – give me any shit about John Denver, @Aspenglow will be kicking your heinies, big time. Be there. Aloha.
Thank you for your service, Aspenglow!
Who are you again?
When I read your post, it clarified what I am now learning I signed up for: Money is nuthin’, kinks for free. (Apologies to Dire Straits.)
All in good fun. 
@Spice_Weasel, it’s a very generous offer, but those are big boots to fill. I’ll see what I can salvage from my first trollskin. Maybe there will be a scuffed sequin or two.
I’m a patient girl with much to learn, and grateful for the softballs I’ve been given to cut my teeth on. I’m quite happy to leave the challenging stuff to the very experienced, level headed mod team until they push me out of the nest. I’m sure the day will come and I hope I don’t disappoint!
@burpo_the_wonder_mutt, you kill me. 
Thanks again to you all for the wonderful welcome. I’ll enjoy it while it lasts.
I’m okay on the begging part, the prostituting part my wife will have problems with. 
I’m not even sure how one prostitutes oneself on a message board. I don’t even have a webcam!
Crap, meant to use a sock to post that! Doomed for sure now!
I’m so glad that you’ve joined us.
Okay. Enough chitty chat. Get to work, Aspenglow!