Suddenly, I don't feel so bad.
I took PB's referral to blogexplosion (those who are interested may want to follow the link off the sidebar; I could use the referrals), and tried to register my JU site.
First time through, rejected. I resubmitted, and now am still awaiting their approval. Meanwhile, I got a blogspot site (also linked on my sidebar; with much the same articles as here, only a couple of them are unique to the sister site), which is also awaiting approval.
I am tearing my hair out. I really could use the extra traffic.
Fortunately, Gene Nash allayed my fears somewhat by saying he had to submit his site 4 times to get it approved.
And thus I will persist.
But, being in limbo sucks plain and simple.