Well, it happened. At around 21:30 EST I was promoted to [[wp:Sensei]] at my [[wp:dojo]]. This is one more step on a long road, but a critical one.
This feels really really good.
ed. note: I did a rare thing and “back dated” this post till before midnight on the 23rd to keep it on the actual day. It is now actually 00:21 EST on the 24th.