Addendum:

Or, if you're me, you can go drop off your summer tax bill at the courthouse, stop at the store, come home and pack for vacation, and then wake up the next morning ready to go only to realize you forgot to put the hood back on.

If you're like me and you did remove the hood, now it's time to reinstall that. As I mentioned earlier, the hood bolts were a very close fit with the hinges, so I just had my wife help me hold it up while I started the bolts, and then we cinched them down and closed the hood. My hood was pretty bent up to begin with, so I'm not sure how sensitive the hood normally is, but mine closes fine and usually opens the first time. Sometimes I'll have to pull the release on the dashboard twice, and it never pops up on its own; I have to walk to the front and lift it to get at the latch. On the other hand, I think I had to do that before the repair, so who knows?

OK, NOW you're done.

If anyone has questions, let me know.