This is typical MLC behavior. They lack the energy and have the attention span of a gnat. There are a couple of reasons he doesn't want to finalize it: 1) expense; 2) it will be the end of any caking eating he's been doing; 3) he still wants to keep you on the back burner as Plan B if things don't work out w/the ow, even after all of this time; and 4) he doesn't want to come across looking like the bad guy if he pushes it through. If you do the work, he can then cry and moan that you were the one that pulled the trigger and ended it.
Sit quietly, the answers will reveal themselves when you least expect them to. The past is gone, the present is a gift and you need to focus on today, allow the future to reveal itself when it is ready.
