There were many things that delayed the plane being completed on
an earlier schedule, the parts we needed first were the last to arrive,
and the interior plastic took much longer than planned to cut and fit,
etc. The various delays ran into other shorter projects that had a
firmer timescale (I should have established one myself when starting).
I was also out of town quite a bit during this time. I've been in 8
countries since I dropped it off. In fact this week I was supposed to
be in Frankfurt, Germany but that trip was canceled.
Towards the end (the last three months or so) when it was a nice
day out, I would be somewhat bitter that had I had the airplane back, I
would have been up flying. I'm just happy as heck to have it back and
working on getting the rust out of my flying skills again. I don't
know, but I sure get grumpy when I haven't flown in awhile.

--
Louis L. Perley III