[LouisaMay]

Thanks, ladies! It is good to know that others are going through the same wishing and hoping that I am. I'm just not a passive person, and so much of this journey seems terribly passive. You don't want to seem too eager or too pushy or too desperate, etc. At the same time, you don't want to be too relaxed or seem not to care. You're right, adduncan, certainly NOT the easy road.

LM