Exactly. Thank you for that.
That was the visual I needed.
...-5, -4, -3, -2, -1, BTDC 0 ATDC 1, 2, 3, 4, 5... from left to right when looking down on the harmonic balancer.
And CounterClockwise>Advances, while Clockwise>Retards on the distributor.
When I scrolled back to my post on the 25th, I noticed that I had my understanding completely backwards.
My test run went smooth; ran a few errands and my start ups, idles and runs were smooth.
Everything sounds good too; the exhaust sounds familiar, yet the idle is a little quieter than before, but nice.
I'm a little skeptical to push it, but locally, the test run went great.
I'll be on the highway in a day or two for work.
(I'm keeping the timing light and distributor wrench in the truck for now... Even though I tightened the distributor bolt pretty good.)