You definitely have come a long way in a short time! I think that it's truly key that you are GAL and therefore won't be on the boards so much. Although, there is certainly nothing wrong with keeping us abreast of your personal development! :-)
Hope - Expecations - cycles and stages - I guess it's all a journey. It's always good to remember that even when there are signs from the WAS that "things are improving" or "things are regressing" that you can't focus on that. You focus on yourself. Whatever signs you are given from WS are not true indicators of anything to come until that one day when they are "back" or perhaps gone for good and you know it.
I'm going through that right now: things having been positive lately yet H now pulling back slightly. I'm glad I had not figured the fight was over because I knew it was not. However, the rollercoaster is not a fun place to be!