Just hit 1000 lines of code in my first project and it feels weird

I was cleaning up my project folder and decided to run a line counter on my main script. The number that popped up was 1003. I stared at it for a solid minute. Three months ago, I was struggling to write ten lines that actually worked. This is just a dumb little text-based game, but seeing that number made it feel real in a way finishing a tutorial never did. It's mostly messy, with a bunch of comments and probably a lot of bad habits, but it's mine. I built a thing that exists. Has anyone else had a moment where a simple number made all the grind feel worth it?

My aunt in Florida sent me a video of a 'zombie deer' that turned out to be a raccoon with mange

It was a shaky clip from her backyard last fall, and she was convinced a new disease was spreading. I spent about two hours digging through wildlife agency reports and local news from her county. Found the real story: a known mange outbreak in the local raccoon population, confirmed by a vet's statement from six months prior. I sent her the links and she just texted back 'Well, it looked scary on my phone.' Now I always check the date and source on any 'breaking' animal video before I even think about sharing it. Anyone else have a family member who sends them the weirdest 'news' clips?

Had a client in Phoenix last month who insisted his old IDE hard drive was 'just as fast' as an SSD for his new gaming PC build.