So what's been going on, you ask?

Eh.

That should pretty much sum it up.

I'll say it again. Eh.

As usual, I've been busy with work. And school. And oh yeah, I'm single now.

How about that for a bomb?

In all honesty, I'm tired of thinking about it. It happened the last weekend of September, and I didn't initiate it. To sum it up, things just weren't working anymore...and hadn't been for quite some time. Apparently, a lot longer than I even realized...but I digress.

Initially it was supposed to be a "take time apart to figure things out" kind of break. But the longer that went on, the more I realized that it was looking a lot more long term that I had initially anticipated. I guess that's what an almost eight year relationship will come to at the end.

So we've still been talking throughout the past...oh...6 weeks now. Some conversations have been good...others...it was as if NOTHING had changed. The usual fights and misunderstandings, per usual. So, I made a decision today that I didn't want to have to make...but in my heart of hearts I feel it's for the best.

We are no longer speaking. I mean, if some travesty occurs...if somebody dies or something, of course I'll call him. But I simply cannot do anymore of this daily conversations as if nothing was different.

My heart is hurting enough as it is; if I were to keep up this friendship thing, I think it would only confuse my heart that much more. Again, it's about the LAST thing I've ever wanted to do. To not have Jonah in my life is basically like not having air. Ok, maybe not quite THAT extreme, but you get the point. When you're used to having something in your life in once capacity for so long, and it's suddenly not there...well, to say your life is in an upheaval would be a major understatement. I want to be his friend more than anything in the world...but right now, I can't. I'm sure in the near future we will speak again; I'm confident in that. But for now, we're just going to do our own thing.

Time heals all wounds, and I need about as much time right now as humanly possible.

Ok, enough of that.

In other news. I'm 28 now. Yippee. Sound the trumpets!

I'm flying down to Texas to meet my pen pal (geeky as that may sound...don't make fun) Brooke, and spend a weekend in Houston! I'm totally excited, and in preparation to be a genuine southerner for a few days, I've been listening to country music and trying to work the term "Ya'll" into my daily vocabulary! Never mind the funny looks I get; it's a daunting challenge I will have mastered by the time I leave for my trip!

Other than that, not much else is going on in life. I'm trying to finish this semester and make it to Christmas break in one piece. (Though I must say, this semester is a cake walk compared to the spring. Cakewalk, I say.) I'm still trucking along the weight loss route...or the endless standoff...it's a bit more realistic if you ask me.

So that's that: The Kelly recap in a nutshell.

Exciting stuff, isn't it?