Joel, don't be TOO hard on yourself for getting anxious. I hope I wasn't too harsh, thru all of this I still have not learned to sugarcoat my words/posts.
You are doing great, you've learned a lot and much has changed in a short time now in your sitch. Let it settle before taking the next baby step. Has anyone explained about catching a rabbit? it's pretty easy to move fast and scare it off but being slow and having a lot of patience gets the rabbit twitching its nose towards you to see what you're doing.
Very true that by now many LBS would have given up, or not had the chance to not give up because the WAS filed. You have the chance to keep working on being the guy that your W can love again.
Enjoy the good things that are happening, but keep your finger off the fast forward button!
Live your life while you are still living. Riding the trail less traveled.
