Extreme Accidental Etching.

It's been a very hectic week. I have been completely exhausted. I was working very late in the printmaking lab and I painted out the elephant and frame in asphaltum. I spray painted them to add texture. I wanted the background to be very dark so I had planned on leaving my copper plate in the acid bath for about two hours. I thought about staying at school for those two hours but I decided to take advantage of the little chunk of time and drive home to do some laundry. I also wanted to go to the grocery store. I put my clothes in the washer and after that I decided to lay down. Before I realized it, I fell asleep. I woke up around 2am which was no good because all of the labs on campus close at 2am. When my eyes met the time on my cell phone, my heart dropped and I lost my breath for a moment. At that time, my plate had been in the bath for about four hours. Since the school closed though, I wasn't able to pull my plate out of the bath for another five hours. Luckily, I was only etching the background. I am worried about how the background will hold ink. The etching is so deep into the plate. I'm just not sure how it will turn out. I know I can say it will definitely be dark.