My female ball python lays late in the season.

I have three more days until day 60. The eggs are still candling with veins, they've all collapsed (started on day 50 to collapse), they don't smell bad and haven't molded, and I'm waiting for the first one to pip.

I saw a different forum thread where it took 69 days for the first one to pip. Wow. That's some patience.

Waiting is hard, 'cause I don't know if they are OK in there. (Had to buy an air conditioner to fight heat spikes.) I tried to keep the temps around 88-89. Swearing not to cut though till the first one pips. I swear. Still, what do you do while you wait? How do you sleep?

And also a little random, my female, though I'm not sure I'm gonna breed her this year (a bit underweight for my taste at 1400 currently) is seeking the cool side of the tank (80 degrees on that end) even after she eats, which is a bit odd for her. If I don't breed her, is it odd to hope she doesn't retain sperm or produce slugs? Or am I doomed?

Oh, and anyone else still waiting for eggs to hatch from the 2011 season? I need someone to commiserate with, I think.