I go these kind of feeling when LoyceV merit me because he is one of the most important asset to this bitcointalk community and he never give any unworthy merits so I felt that I am also doing some contribution to this forum as much as I can.
Thanks and you're welcome 
I too check every time which post got merited. I like the feedback on how my posts are valued. It's often a surprise where the Merit ended up. I never expected this post for example to be Merited by redsn0w (7), suchmoon (4), Foxpup (2), dbshck (1), hilariousandco (1), stingers (1), Jannn (1):
Bounty managers who don't do their job and pay spammers are the reason we have the Merit system. Making them merit sources would be just as bad as removing Merit entirely.
This post was an exception, but the amount surprised me.The euphoria happened when I was the first user to reach 1000 Merit on my own (I'm not counting Admin theymos and Founder satoshi as users here), and it felt like forever to reach the last few Merits I needed. It wasn't as exciting as the long wait to finally turn Legendary though.