IOS upgrade failed, forced to restore--but how...?

Well, I plugged in my iPhone4 last night, set it up to upgrade, and left it alone for a few hours. Just before I went to bed, I checked on it, and there was a popup that said "unable to upgrade" (or words to that effect). My iPhone was in the cradle with a black screen, the silver apple, and a non-moving empty status bar. I removed it and re-booted it (since I didn't know what else to do).
So, up pops the 'please plug in to iTunes' graphic, so I did, and was prompted to Restore, I did, and then was prompted to restore from backup (from 9.12pm yesterday, so quite fresh). I did--or so I thought.
Got up this morning and grabbed the iPhone out of the dock--and then noted it had prompted me--at some point--to reconfirm my iCloud password. I did. Unfortunately, now I seem to have all my apps greyed out and labeled Waiting.
Fortunately, I have wifi here at work, but not sure what to do next. Will these apps restore themselves during the day? Do I need to re-initiate a Restore?
Thanks in advance...

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