First sock syndrome?!?

Most people know about second sock syndrome.  You know, where you finish the first sock and then either don't knit the second sock or take a long time to before you start knitting the second sock.  Well, I'm here to tell you about first sock syndrome.  Let me preface this by saying that I love socks.  Love knitting socks! But I think what it really comes down to is that I love the beginning of a sock.  I love starting out with a small circumference and watching it grow as I knit another round.  Then I get past the ribbing & part way down the leg of the sock and before I've knit any more I'll get distracted by another project.  My poor little sock will get left sitting in its bag waiting for me to return to it.  Often times the sock ends up waiting almost a whole year to get back to it.  

Now, don't get me wrong, I do think about the sock and check to make sure it's still there to make sure I didn't lose it.  I think I've averaged 1.5 years on each pair of socks I've made.  One year to knit sock #1 and then half a year to knit the second sock.  For some reason I tend to not get as distracted between the first and second sock - weird, I know.  All of this is to say that I've finally picked back up a sock that I start last June.  Yes, I mean June of 2011 and really it was at the end of June so it was more like July.  The sock is moving along (like they always do when I pick them back up) and I'm just about to the decreases for the toe.  I thought I was going to finish it up by this Saturday, but I've had some other knitting things to attend to, so it again got pushed aside.  My new plan is to have it done by next week so that I can start the second sock next week.