Glad you now know what you are facing. I was also hoping for less than I got - and I felt bad wishing for that - so I know what you mean. I made that particular bed, and I had to lie in it, I knew that, but I was hoping the judge would see all the work I had done and reduce the sentence. He didn't.
Yes - onward and upward. If you can see that good things have come from the whole experience, you are winning.