Me.

Time for an update.

Hi! Again. Guess what. Two weeks later. Things are better.

They are not perfect, they are not brilliant, but they are better.

My two closest friends here are wonderful. One of them, whom we'll call Oregon, is amazing. She is truly understanding and helpful. She is also incredibly outgoing, which helps a lot. There is no time for sitting around when Oregon is around, and that's what I need right now.

Classes are good. They are time consuming and they take my mind off of the ex-boyfriend. Which I really need right now.

Today, I went to my favorite city with my new friends. They had their boyfriends with them. I was just me.

And it was hard. Slightly melancholic. But on my way home (alone) I reflected on what Best Friend told me last week:

"The only difference between being in a relationship and being single is the presence of that person in your life."

That has totally changed my perspective on things. Yes, I miss him. So much. But I am still me without him. Me who is funny, loves television, reads too much, takes hard classes, loves her friends. Me who is pretty okay.

And even though it was just me today, and even though that was difficult, I could still do it. I did do it. And I enjoyed myself, all by myself.

Me. Me, who is getting through this.

I've always said that I believe it's important that a person learns how to do things on his/her own. And now it's (finally) time for me to live my own philosophy.