Hello there...I would also point you to Denver_2010's threads. He had an OM sitch and I think you could probably learn a thing or two (or 100) from reading them. Here's where it all began:
BITS M: 35 W: 35 T14, M11 D9, S6 ILYBINILY: June 09 Unofficially Separated (long distance): 1/2/11 W came home: 3/17/11 EE: July 2012 Dropped the rope: Oct 2012 Piecing: April 2013 Not piecing: April 2014 Stuck.