I'm done!

The day I've been looking forward to for the last four months has finally arrived, and it's an ending, not a beginning.

I've finally finished launching everything I've developed this year. Yippeeeeee!!

I've been on the road for the last two-and-a-half months almost constantly. Living out of hotels, eating hotel food, or fast food, or not eating at all. Working bizarre hours and sleeping or vegetating the rest of the time because, really, what else is there for a person to do with themself in a strange town when you don't know anyone? Even the little bit of time I was supposed to have "off"...working at my usual desk in Halifax rather than being on the road...most of it was gobbled up by people needing my services in other parts of the province.

It's been hard on me. I got a bad cold, and hurt my back pretty badly. My sleep patterns are all messed up. Some days I have no idea where I am or what time it is, or what I'm supposed to be doing there. The cold is all over except for a lingering occasional cough. My back still feels tender and weak, and I'm unsteady on my feet from the healing pinched nerve. But other than that it all went pretty well and I'm feeling really good about things right now.

I even finished a day early, as they told me in Prince Albert that they wouldn't need me tomorrow. And I agree...they did a really excellent job switching to the new look and I'm confident they can manage fine without me from now on.

So I came home this evening...well, this morning technically - I got back at 12:30 am...sat down in front of my computer and looked up to notice the mirror right in front of me behind the desk. It hadn't struck me till that very moment that I was actually done. Complete. Finito. I spread my arms and yelled... It's over! It's all over!! I was grinning like a big goof, and then...this is really silly, but I looked into my own eyes, patted myself on the back and said "You did a good job. A really good job." Dumb. But I still got a little teary eyed, because yeah - I DID do a good job! And I'm proud of myself.

There were so many moments this year where I felt scared and incompetent and unsure of myself. And now it's finished and I can see that what I did was good, it works, people like it and it's finished.

So I'm going "home" tomorrow, and in about six weeks time, I'll be back home in Ottawa to find out what's going to happen in the next chapter.

I hope it's a good one!