A notebook? You did a French link stitch on a notebook? I have seen people do that on leather or thick paper, but a regular notebook seems so flimsy. After all those crooked tries, I am shocked you got it clean on that surface. It must have taken a crazy amount of patience to not tear through the pages. I would have given up after the second try on something that thin.
Oh the "crazy patience" part is easy. I just imagine the notebook is my boss's face after the third time he asks for the same report. That focus is pure, man.