PS: I apologize for the length of the above, but thought a recap might be good for my review and so others don't have to try and go back through the whole thread.

Allen, thanks for the help thus far as you're the only one I've heard from on a regular basis...I appreciate it! I assure you I'm not back to square one. I just don't know what to make of the change in climate and not sure where to go from here. I need help to think clearly about what's transpired and why - and what to do about it now! I feel I'm in a stalemate and don't want to be.