I predict that getting him to leave will be the hardest part!
You sound like you have so much going on in your life...that it will just surely blossom and you will be thanking yourself when you feel how much of a weighty burden has been dropped.
Not saying that there won't be hurt...but it will pass and you will be ever so glad that you got on with your life.
congrats!
I got a chuckly reading your posts...humor is a saving grace!