Who said anything about a holding pattern? Oh, maybe that's just what's happening. The world just continues while I wait for life to deal its hand. I know that that is not really the way to do things - normally I take the action required myself, but there are too many things going on. I'm working on the third of the three main issues right now, and letting the two others (intertwined and more complicated) sit for a bit.

Things cannot stay this way, however. A cookie told me so.