The kind of stability that makes me cringe. How much time do i have to wait before this stupid coin gets mass adopted and me rich as a result of it ? 

The price will not rise unless bitcoin becomes widely adopted.
Bitcoin will not be widely adopted unless its price stabilizes.
Hence, you need to find a way to keep the price constant while the price rises.
Don't worry. There are dozens of startups with hundreds of millions of VC capital and hundreds of smart programmers working on that problem. They will surely find a way to do that.
"...very skeptical of its longterm success."
Time for someone to change their signature?