Thanks so much. Since I posted this, I redirected the dns back to godaddy (since I couldn’t use my wordpress dashboard). I accidently must have hit to button to park it rather than connect it back to the hosting. So that is being addressed.
Meanwhile, I’ve been thinking, once the domain name and hosting are connected, couldn’t I just forward the domain to the folder that the wordpress database is in?
I appreciate anybody who is taking the time to read and comment on this problem!