This is, unfortunately, not the update I want to be posting.
So after completing the C4100 block, the C4200's & C4300's took me about four months to complete due to being low priority in scheduling (there a push to get out those close to completing around the end of the fiscal year), weather, plane and instructor availability, and hitting warm-up windows. C4200's went great, and 4301-04303 went pretty well too. Unfortunately, I had a quick turnaround between 4303 and 4304, stayed up too late studying, and just shit the bed in the pattern and was unable to finish flight.
I had a bad flight, that's it, but due to my particular circumstances that was the third strike in the bottom of the 9th with 2 outs. It was probably going to happen eventually. This was back in the beginning of December and due to the holidays it took a bit longer to jump through all the administrative hoops. I'm now stashed and putting in a package for February POCR board and we'll see what happens.
I just wanted to post this update in case any of you were curious as to what was going on, to say thank you for the support and encouragement, and to sign off. It sucks, but I'm just not quite cut out to be a naval aviator. Further, I don't know how active I'll be on this site from now on, but this account is tied to an email I regularly use. If you happen to stumble across this thread years from now and find yourself in my position, feel free to message me.
Thanks again.