Note to self...
Start brewing earlier.
It was almost 1am by the time the brew was racked into fermenter. What a fiasco! Long story short ... I had to adapt and overcome. I was pretty tired for the last few steps so when I finally crawled out of bed at 10 the next morning and the beer was as calm as could be I worried that I screwed something up.
Woke up this morning, at a more reasonable time of 7am, and there she was..... airlock bubbling and hungry little yeast critters swirling around gorging themselfs.
Guess I didnt screw up TOO bad.