Congrats as all have said on your initation...Please dont hestiate to share with any newbies on how long it took you to accomplish such a memorabile event...Congrats
It took a little less than a year from when I first started thinking of AI to initiation. That includes the summer months before I'd actually contacted anyone - that's when I did my homework and narrowed down who I really wanted to contact. My journey was very short in comparison to those of others.