hesperis, I wish there was some kind of help I could give you at this time other than my moral support. But I think you know that you at least have that.

Since I know what you're up against with the allergies, I won't give you any cliches about what you can do if you try hard enough. But I do believe you wouldn't have been blessed with the gifts and abilities you have if you weren't meant to use them for the benefit of yourself and others.

At any rate, it sounds like you're making significant progress toward realizing at least some of your goals. So congratulations about that! And good luck with the rest of it. Don't forget... I want to buy a copy of your amazing CD when you have it ready for sale :-)