You should have seen me the first time my snakes did it. I was SO excited!!! Because I had _tried_ the year before, but never witnessed a hook-up, and then the female wasn't gravid. I was drinking champagne, posting a bunch of pics- going crazy! And then she laid a clutch of slugs, after FIVE breedings. So then I was inconsolable. But then the snake that didn't take the year before laid a big, beautiful clutch, so then I was thrilled again!! And then the long, long wait for pippies. I was SO sure they were never going to hatch (and I was checking twice a day, at the end) that one morning I was like, Forget it! I'm never having pippies! And I went off to work, all mad and disappointed. Got home, was like, okay, I _guess_ I'll just look, at the eggs doing nothing, as usual, and there was Number One, all hatched and perfect!
It's such a roller coaster.