Dave, this sounds familiar to me....
These things happen, usually to me. Somehow as an Advanced entrant I was placed to fly first on the circle and Bob G would fly next. I thought it was not a big deal, I needed to start moving up anyway. Then Bob inquired what I was doing and I explained I was up first and had been moved to Open. The lid blew off! Somehow it was a big deal. Warren had to tell Shareen to do something, move me up or out, SOMETHING.
Bob flew first, I waited until the computer people figured where to put me (I think I knew where some wanted me to go) and somehow they figured it out. I was in Advanced where I belonged, but, I came to realize how difficult it is to herd all these cats and my appreciation for the folks who make this happen skyrocketed.
Good job, Dave!