Okay, after another round of conversations this looks less like "cataclysmic end to all good things" and more like "scary abrupt transitional phase of the sort that's just gotta happen for life to go on."
This is still a lot of stress to take on, and I'll probably be asking for more help than I actually deserve. Consider it an investment: if I make it through this, I will make it worth your while.
I should talk more sometime about what precisely broke. There was a lot going on in here. :|
The current goal is "get me settled somewhere in about a month that (a) is not Ohio, which yeah, is basically Death Sentence if i have to do it for more than a month (b) does not strain my relationship with Peggy by putting us both in a cramped UD apartment together.
Any assistance you can give, from apartment hunting tips to helping me shuffle into one of the local households, would be of immense value and reassurance. Frankly, I'm also willing to take outright charity at this point. :|