I've bagged 4 or 5 comets over the years, but I took a long hiatus from observing starting several years ago and just ending a few months back. I have my observing mojo back and dusted off my gear. So, of course, it's been rainy and cloudy most nights since then then. I need to go back and check my old observing logs, but I think I have seen one of the comets you discovered. I forget which one, but it would have been back between 2004 and 2010 or so.
Its good to hear your back up running. If the Lovejoy comet you saw was between 2004 and 2010 it would have been C/2007 E2.