Welcome! With the holidays, most of the events chill out for a while afterwards. There is an event at Lipscomb coming up in Feb. that might be a good one to go out and meet some folks at. Always good to volunteer to 'handle' at an event as a newbie, to see how an event works, how to help others put their gear on, etc.
I imagine once it warms back up towards spring, you'll start seeing armor parties crop up again where people get together to work on builds and hang out. Several in the Nashville area , including myself, have a bunch of projects siting around that need work.