Thanks for feeding back, all.
Iolanthe-- You're absolutely right. Clark does have the "seriously crazy thinking."
Framework--
Oh goodie. Lois marrying Lex, Clark and Lois both not having a clue. Delightful.
Heh heh. Not the reaction I would have expected.
You had done such a 180 so quickly that my interest was lagging.
Sorry.

I probably included too many ideas in this story--which is strange, as I usually don't have enough ideas. But I'll admit I've been worried about the variety of things I've included. I don't know if it's any consolation or not (probably not), but adding up chapters 26 through 34, I came up with about 33,000 words (the whole story totals up to about 120,000). So, that's how much before the story is over...
SJH-- LOL. Hahaha. There is always that...
DW-- Answers coming soon.
Michael-- I just now tried several times to count days/weeks on my outline to answer both your questions, but for some reason my brain is fried and stubbornly refuses to succeed at math. "Months" is all I can say at this point.