...and the waiting is over.

Crisis averted. No major life changes in my immediate future.

...and the waiting begins

You know how sometimes life throws you a curve and it might be a good curve (then the change stress really begins), but then it might not be such a good curve and then the decision is easy, but you might not even have to decide and then you worried all this time for nothing? As a good friend of mine used to say "le sigh."