Thanks everyone for your kind words! For what may be somewhat understandable reasons I seriously debating actually clicking the post button. It just felt so good to type out for once. But ultimately I remembered above anything else this is a site for new herp owners, and I felt that if some people read this story it might keep a few mistakes from being made. I remember from when I was here everyday and saw so many people behaving in a relatively similar fashion that I'm truly curious how many of them have been able to maintain without outside help, and how many have come to the same realization that I myself had.