Ah.  I finally finished the first page.  I was hoping that while I was on vacation I would have time to work on it but I couldn't find a comfortable place to work so I just left it until I came back.  That being said, I didn't have time right away to work on it when I came home so it sat for another 3 weeks before I was able to pick it up and work on it again.  I got a buzz on last week and worked on it nearly every day and I just finished the first page tonight.  Not bad, I think, considering I've never worked on anything even close to this size.