Genesis 8: More on the flood

I'm still reading about the flood (I know, I know...still? Yes, still) and I had a deeper thought than just the questions that come from the reading. Noah and his family were on the ark for about one year. I didn't know that first of all. That's a long time to be on the ark. There are 8 of them and tons and tons of animals so... do you think their faith was tested through any of this? My first thought would be, how could they think anything less than how awesome God is when he saved them and nobody else from the flood, but sometimes my own faith is tested when I'm in a good place. I don't know why that is, but I'm sure it could happen for Noah's family too.
I love my family, don't get me wrong, but a whole year with them on a boat and no chance of going anywhere else? I hope for their sakes it was a big enough boat that they felt like they were getting away just to walk to the other end. Haha. And if you got in a fight with them, would you go to the stables and talk to the animals about it? Genesis never says what happens on the boat through that year. I hope none of the wives got pregnant at that time.
And then there could be a conflict with God. I would get so restless being on the ark for that long and never seeing ground or even mountains. Just lots and lots of water. And then the Bible says that 5 months after the rain started, the flood receded enough that the ark rested on a mountain. Now, I don't know if it stayed there and if it didn't how long it did stay there, but they didn't get off that ark until the land was completely dry and God told them to get off. I personally would want to run off the ark screaming, throw myself to the ground and kiss it over and over again when the dove brought back the olive branch...but they just waited for God's ok. Wow! That's commitment and trust. I hope I can be in that kind of relationship with God some day.
How's your relationship with Him? Could you wait an entire year for the floods to go down and the ground to dry up before you left the ark? Could you keep waiting 3 months after you see signs of a dry ground before you just walked out of there saying "Sayonara!" and praying you never see another ark again? Or could you patiently wait for God's ok? I know I have a hard time waiting for God to do something for longer than a week, let alone a year. But that may just be me.