NJ2NH,
You're doing fine, and I would expect that you'll be getting a "Pepper Comment" on the forum real soon. Things don't turn around at a new establishment overnight as it takes time to interview, do background checks, hire, re-valuate suppliers, etc. Although I have no connection financial or otherwise to WDs or there owner, other than meeting her once at a forum fest, I am person who thinks he is pretty good at evaluating people and these people are good people who are trying their best. Keep trying, I'll be going in the last week of July to give it a try.
FYI, we used to travel from Mountainside, NJ to Center Harbor when I was a kid. CT seemed like a BIG state then.