Slight time snag, Pearl. I had a car problem -- suddenly wouldn't start right after I filled the tank -- so I had to wait for the AAA to get it started, take it to the shop, get a rental, etc. It cost me about four hours, so you'll get the finished first section tomorrow rather than tonight. None of that will affect the deadline on part 2, so please don't worry about that. Incidentally, one grammatical point: 'as' and 'because'  really are not interchangeable, so you'll see that I changed it where necessary. Back to work now.
Regards,
Arnie