I just finished sending what I've done of my novel to my best friend via email.

It's not finished, of course, but she wants to read it and she's really great about these things. I trust her entirely with it, and we both understand each other so well that I believe she's one of the only other people who this thing would make sense to.
Anyway, the email actually took a minute or two to finish sending. 0_o And our computer is pretty fast, so that's saying something. I think it was the length of the attachment (my novel document). I feel so…so…
…satisfied. ^_^ At 57k, that's the longest single story I've written. Thanks, NaNo!!

That's awesome! A support group is always nice!

Congratulations! I just promised the CreateSpace copy of my second draft to a few friends. That will be nice.

That's terrific. Taking that first step is nerve-wracking I can understand. My partner is the absolute only person I have entrusted to read my first drafts of my novels because half of it sounds like a crazed monkey wrote it with his tail. The best thing about it is she will probably come back to you eager for more. Then what happens? You have to finish the pesky book :)