My novel!

Although those who know me will say that I have been saying that my book is almost finished for quite more than a year I must announce, (though no one reads this) that my book is so near completion that I plan to have it done by the end of this month. If it is not so then I shall be quite irritated with myself! However, as this picture shows, I may have some obstacles impeding my work! This is Starr, my cat who likes to be in the middle of everything when it suits her, usually when I am least wanting her attentions. Here, she is laying on the notebook from which I was typing the current chapter!
I have been unemployed since March but have only recently begun to pull myself out of the funk into which I had fallen and now find myself feeling rejuvenated and hopeful. My dad has agreed to allow me to print several copies of my novel using the printer at his office. I provide the paper and will pay a cheaper price for the printing than I could get at any of the Office printing service places around town. I checked and at the unfinished size of 311 pages, the cheapest price was $33 for one copy with a comb type binding (which after thought I realized wouldn't be good anyway). Instead I will by cheap three ring binders and use the large volume hole-punch at dad's office. This will hopefully enable me to print at least five copies to pass around to various people to read and give me feedback and in some cases, editing marks for which purpose they will be provided paper and post-its. Anyway, I am so excited! I'm hoping that if the book is finished and printed out by the end of the month and distributed to my people, I can give them two months in which to read it and return it to me with their notes so that I may edit the novel and ship the query letter and first two chapters to the one person I know in the publishing industry. Then I will pray and sweat and cry while I wait for my future to be decided. Meanwhile of course I will start on the sequel, oh and try to get a real job, you know, one that pays money. :)