Chinese new year, Coronavirus, it all played a part in why this last step has taken so long - it was a good 2 months from the time i submitted my PCB designs to the board house to the time I received my first assembled boards.   All in all, I'm super happy with the results.  I made some errors with component orientation (so all the LEDs are backwards) and I need to substitute out some component values (the LED's are too dim) but all in all I'm calling it a success. I'll have photos shortly once I rework some minor issues!