uR: I dunno about doing great .. I feel like I am falling into that "Lets hurry up and get back to normal routine" but I do feel some peace when I see her do certain things I know ... like you said... she has a full plate sitting in front of her, besides all the things you listed there is still the on going health issues, and all the stress this brings is not good, she has aged about 5 years in the last 12 months ... and for the MLC consumed with aging, looks, and missing out this has taken a toll on her. I see her resorting to the MLC ways and avoiding, filling her time with working out or doing photography (which is better than OM) ... She seems to be working, slowly .. filling her idle time and trying to still chase that ball of happiness.
LT: I could not agree with the lily pad analogy more .. provided every other one is armed with C4. I think you are right, I do see that I need to be patient and can not help but to think God is chuckling a bit here as patience and me never have danced well together.
job: You as usual .. spot on. I will say however being here this long, reading this much, learning all I have I have figured out how to read the signs quicker, little spew sessions I can tell they are not always about me or anything I have done, more about here lashing out in pain with the turmoil that is in her head .. early on I would feed that Monster ... now that Monster is on a Gluten-Cali free diet and has lost a good deal of weight.
Lesson ... Patience Patience Patience, and continue to keep some sense of detachment. Be the rock/lighthouse/guide ... all I can do is keep doing what I am doing, wake up every day and know I am doing the right things, not the easiest mind you .. but I still feel I am doing the right thing.
I think you are right, I do see that I need to be patient and can not help but to think God is chuckling a bit here as patience and me never have danced well together. 
