Are you through yet?

Done is such a great word...where I'd like to be...on the second patent. The drawings were done, until I found a few errors in the references. Now I'll have to make a few minor fixes and print all 16 pages again. The specification is nearly done. I'm just putting the final touches on the description of the upgrade model. But then I realized tonight that I haven't even started on the new claims. Yeah, I know you don't have to have claims on a provisional filing, but it is a good idea...so I will. So the spec is close...22 pages and about 7000 words. One more paragraph and some proofreading and it will be done. Then the claims should only take a few days (adapted from the last patent). I need to move on, I promised the web designer that I would generate a animation of my valve in action...and the design program I use doesn't exactly support animation when things change shape. Arrgg. More time to figure a work-around. I want the animation. It will be really cool.