patience....is learned with mapping thats for damn sure!
i personally feel you have come a long way Carp.
the experience that you gained on this map right here will carry over into the next idea you build. and it will done faster. you will get faster.
i made cs_brainwash.my most highly detailed map....in just over 2 weeks...you will gain the same speed.....i know it....you are also worth a game company chance
In my own defence, I've created every texture & sprite & redone every model in the map along the way.
Also ... invented the moving tree leaves & the fake reflective glass, which both took up a lot of time.
Built another map during the middle section.
Compound that with the loss of the .map file, etc.
Well ... you see my point.
Cheers !