Looks like we made it!

It feels like a dream, but.......we had an ENORMOUSLY successful launch yesterday. After hours and hours of consecutive work the team walked into Mission Control Wednesday morning - some wearing the same clothes as the day before (me), not one nice hairdo, an nary a face shaved.

My hands shook violently at 11am as I sent the Green Light email out to the user community to log in and get going. Once the users were in and logging in, I walked away, went into an empty office and bawled my fool head off. I felt the weight of the world flying off my shoulders as I realized no matter what was coming ahead, this excessively long and arduous chapter in my life was over. Even Matt and I were cheerful and chatting, after a very tense and stubborn few days.

I realized last night that my team is going to slowly disband. They will go to other projects and other priorities. We will all move on, one by one as our contributions become less neccessary. I wonder if I will miss this and I wonder what I'll be glad to see go.

Anyway, I'm rambling but the years of work have paid off. The users are happy and I'm ready to MOVE ON!!!