There are some days and some chores that the only joy to be found in them is the joy of finally having them done.

The last of the contest entries are judged and sent on their way.  Now I can finally go to bed, so I can get up early tomorrow to do all the work that I should have done today but didn't have time for.

I understand that people enter contests because they don't have other means of critique available to them... but if you're one of these folks, please take a moment to appreciate the time and energy that the judge on the other end put into your entry... especially if yours was one of the really bad ones that the judge spent an hour just trying to figure out one useful thing they could say.

*sigh*  I swear every year that I'm not going to do it next year... and I do anyway.  I'm such a wuss when they beg and plead.  :-)

But!  IT'S DONE!  And that's a joyous thing!  :-)