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Activity completed last night on the train: The final word in the final puzzle in my book of fifty New York Times Sunday Crossword Puzzles. What is an eight-letter word for "Shout of enthusiasm" that ends in _ELLYEAH?
Amount of time to complete: I got the book as a present from my mom in early January. I have worked on it for approximately an hour a day (subway rides to and from work) just about every weekday since then.
Writing utensil used to complete puzzle: The pencil that has gotten me through about 40 of the 50 available puzzles (I originally started with a pen, naive and foolish child that I was) gave up the ghost and snapped its tip off with about six words to go at the beginning of my ride home yesterday. However, in one of those stories that I will probably trot out now and then until the day I die as proof that New Yorkers are not cold heartless beasts, a man standing next to me on the crowded train dug through his bag to offer me a pen, since he saw my pencil break. I filled in the last letter as we pulled in to my stop, I tossed him back his pen and thanked him profusely.
Feeling of accomplishment: Insanely high. Granted, I looked up the solutions in the back for a FEW words, usually ones where I had a single letter to fill in somewhere and I had no idea what either of the intersecting words meant. But it was minimal enough that I still feel great about the whole thing! And I think I might keep the book of puzzles just to prove that I did it!
Timing of completion: Excellent. My mom is all for me doing crossword puzzles; as she continually reminds me, they keep one's mind sharp. She provided the original book of crosswords...and as luck would have it, I am going to see her this weekend. And she said that she just might have a replacement for me!
What am I gonna do now?: I'm goin' to Disneyworld!!! Raaaaaaa!