Hey Barlimore,
First off, thanks for responding so quickly, I was under the impression this was a multi-day process.
As far as your questions go, you can rest assured knowing that my behavior won't be an issue in the future. I don't play Minecraft anymore and in the event of something happening, I'd rather just heed admin warnings and wait for the appeal to be dealt with rather than evading and risking prolonging the ban any longer.