I am way behind you in this process and you are probably looking for advice from folks who are further along, but I will tell you from my outsider's perspective, those emails seem incredibly positive to me.
It seems that you, understandably, want the process to hurry up and finish now because you have been at it for so long. I do not know your sitch but I will give you a running analogy.
When I do a long run, like a 10K (6.38 miles) (well, it's long for me) after I have finished 5 miles (and feel like I just want it to be over) I always pick up the pace for the next quarter of a mile. I run too fast because I can see the end of the run and just want to finish it already. Inevitably the pace I take is too fast for me and I would never be able to finish a full mile at that pace. So, I slow down, even though I do not want to, and then I can finish.
Same thing here, I think.
I hope you do not feel like I am butting in. I just read your words, got really excited for you and where you are and thought I'd throw in my thoughts.
