I never said I thought it'd move faster
i was HOPING it would.
Plus, before the strike it was moving at a faster speed and initially January applicants were expecting to see their MR by now. Well without the strike, I think it wasn't impossible. At least there would've been some applicants starting to get their MR.
I also had a friend who applied last march and got her PR in October. Hers was for sure faster than most of ppl but if hers took 7 months, I thought mine wouldn't take more than 10months. Especially she and I had a very similar condition going into the application process. Since the strike happened, I knew mine would be delayed and take longer than I originally expected but still there's always the false hope