Huge, huge load off my shoulders

That situation I couldn't talk about?

Resolved. With the absolute best of the possible outcomes. Can't say much more about it but thanks more than I can ever express for the prayers.

A very bad seven months now largely closed out...and as I told my friend Jennifer over lunch, I suddenly realized that for the first time in probably five years there's no looming crisis in my life.

JEN [laughing]: So how about you keep it that way for a few months, for your own sake?

ME [also laughing, but meaning every word all the same]: Yeah, that's a REALLY good reason to wait a few more months before letting anybody talk me into going out on a date...