Civil War Shawl

As some of you know, I have begun work on Sue Pufpaff's Civil War Shawl.

I will begin row 80 today.

I have completed 9% of the shawl, and still haven't reached the end of the first ball of yarn.

Wait a minute.

9%?

ONLY FRIGGIN' 9%?

You gotta be kidding right?

Since there are 9 balls of yarn, if I'm at 9%, shouldn't I be done with one ball (or at least NEARLY done)?

I
think
I need
to work
on a little
bit smaller
project. Next
time I decide to
knit a piece this big,
do us allone big favor
and SHOOT ME before
I start, only to find out that
when I am 9% done, I have
knit over 12,000 stitches and
still only 9% done.

I need to have my head examined.