[Drizzt ss]

I can totally understand what pain you're feeling. Before the camaro I had an sti. She was beautiful and my baby, but long story short, the oil pickup tube cracked and led to a spun bearing. So I said screw it, full rebuild. I think the car was in the shop from June til late September. I was so pissed, that's prime summertime cruising and all that fun stuff. The heads took forever just like yours, the engine took even longer to get to the shop. I only bring this up because I felt exactly like you posted. Wtf am I doing and I should've just left well enough alone and not messed with the car in the first place.
The good news is once I finally got the car back it was a monster, after I had to re-break her in which takes a while too. I'm not trying to bust your balls but I'll never do that again unless it's it's a winter build and even then I don't think I'm messing with this car. Good thing is you have time and you'll hopefully get the car back when the weather is perfect, gl bro! But for me...never again unless there's no other option.