A little more detail!
First of all...
He sent me a Facebook message a few days later, asking me how I was doing, to which I did not respond because the answer to that had to be pretty self-evident. He sent me another one and said we should talk, which we did. He explained to me that he had made a mistake and a rash decision based on stress and (of course) apologized. He said that he took out the troubles he was having on me, and he thought that not having a girlfriend would make his life less stressful. I understood the stress thing. He's in a honors program that is honestly ridiculous. The kids in that program pull more all-nighters than anyone ever should. I thought about it for a few days and told him that this was in no way an excuse and that this was the last time that this could happen. I've watched my mom make a lot of stupid decisions about men and I really am not too keen on repeating them. But what really got me in the end was that the kid cried. In retrospect, I think breaking up was a really good thing, because we got to talk very frankly about a lot of things that we both had concerns about and I think we're stronger for it (although we're actually having our first post-reconciliation fight as of now, so what do I know).
I studied abroad in Toledo for six weeks this summer. Parts of it were incredible. Just living in a different country was great. Unfortunately, a lot of the people on my program treated it like an extended party. I definitely went out a few times, but they literally went out every night. It had to be so expensive! Anyhow, since the entire program was American students, my spoken Spanish probably deteriorated if anything, so I feel like academically, it was sort of a wash. Also, I didn't meet all the amazing people I always hear about. I met a few really sweet people, and a girl that I violently disliked, but most of the people were shallow and immature. However, I think that once my resentment about the social aspects of the program subside, I'll be really glad that I went.
I've had two days of training and it's super-overwhelming right now. That, actually, was the basis of my fight with TGG--I was stressed, and he happened to say the wrong thing, and then I just didn't speak for about fifteen minutes. He's being a little hard on me, I think--he won't even let me apologize--but hopefully he'll get over it.
Anyhow, most of the staff seems pretty great. Our boss already has a different job, so she'll be leaving at the end of training, which is sad because she is awesome. I hope the next supervisor that they bring in is as cool as she is.
There's just a lot of stuff to learn and consider. I'm worried that none of my residents will come to my programs, but that wouldn't be unusual. I'm in an apartment-style dorm, which means that everyone is an upperclassman and everyone has his/her own room. Therefore, building a solid community is really tough. But hopefully I won't get fired. :)
So Gilmore Girls and Veronica Mars are gone. I expected Gilmore Girls to end this season, not that I'm thrilled about it, but I am so glad that they went out on a high note. The finale made me cry and cry. I honestly feel like I have grown up with Rory, which is sad, but Gilmore Girls is really (or was, I guess) a part of my life and I will really miss having new episodes to watch and talk about.
Veronica Mars was slightly more unexpected and what sucks is that they went out on a great episode and I really want to see more. And holy crap, will I miss Logan.
So to replace these two wonderful shows, I have DVD (heh) and I started watching Heroes (amazing, amazing, and hello, Milo) and Friday Night Lights (again, wow). I got so hooked on Heroes, it's not even funny. I watched the online episodes at work. Addicted. I just started Friday Night Lights two days ago and I'm on episode 17, so yeah, I have no life and an entire pan of brownies to eat.
Thank you guys so much for your response to my post about TGG in March. It really means a lot to me. I was hurting so bad there for a while. But like I said, the good that's come out of it is that I realized that there are worse things than having your boyfriend break up with you.
He sent me a Facebook message a few days later, asking me how I was doing, to which I did not respond because the answer to that had to be pretty self-evident. He sent me another one and said we should talk, which we did. He explained to me that he had made a mistake and a rash decision based on stress and (of course) apologized. He said that he took out the troubles he was having on me, and he thought that not having a girlfriend would make his life less stressful. I understood the stress thing. He's in a honors program that is honestly ridiculous. The kids in that program pull more all-nighters than anyone ever should. I thought about it for a few days and told him that this was in no way an excuse and that this was the last time that this could happen. I've watched my mom make a lot of stupid decisions about men and I really am not too keen on repeating them. But what really got me in the end was that the kid cried. In retrospect, I think breaking up was a really good thing, because we got to talk very frankly about a lot of things that we both had concerns about and I think we're stronger for it (although we're actually having our first post-reconciliation fight as of now, so what do I know).
I studied abroad in Toledo for six weeks this summer. Parts of it were incredible. Just living in a different country was great. Unfortunately, a lot of the people on my program treated it like an extended party. I definitely went out a few times, but they literally went out every night. It had to be so expensive! Anyhow, since the entire program was American students, my spoken Spanish probably deteriorated if anything, so I feel like academically, it was sort of a wash. Also, I didn't meet all the amazing people I always hear about. I met a few really sweet people, and a girl that I violently disliked, but most of the people were shallow and immature. However, I think that once my resentment about the social aspects of the program subside, I'll be really glad that I went.
I've had two days of training and it's super-overwhelming right now. That, actually, was the basis of my fight with TGG--I was stressed, and he happened to say the wrong thing, and then I just didn't speak for about fifteen minutes. He's being a little hard on me, I think--he won't even let me apologize--but hopefully he'll get over it.
Anyhow, most of the staff seems pretty great. Our boss already has a different job, so she'll be leaving at the end of training, which is sad because she is awesome. I hope the next supervisor that they bring in is as cool as she is.
There's just a lot of stuff to learn and consider. I'm worried that none of my residents will come to my programs, but that wouldn't be unusual. I'm in an apartment-style dorm, which means that everyone is an upperclassman and everyone has his/her own room. Therefore, building a solid community is really tough. But hopefully I won't get fired. :)
So Gilmore Girls and Veronica Mars are gone. I expected Gilmore Girls to end this season, not that I'm thrilled about it, but I am so glad that they went out on a high note. The finale made me cry and cry. I honestly feel like I have grown up with Rory, which is sad, but Gilmore Girls is really (or was, I guess) a part of my life and I will really miss having new episodes to watch and talk about.
Veronica Mars was slightly more unexpected and what sucks is that they went out on a great episode and I really want to see more. And holy crap, will I miss Logan.
So to replace these two wonderful shows, I have DVD (heh) and I started watching Heroes (amazing, amazing, and hello, Milo) and Friday Night Lights (again, wow). I got so hooked on Heroes, it's not even funny. I watched the online episodes at work. Addicted. I just started Friday Night Lights two days ago and I'm on episode 17, so yeah, I have no life and an entire pan of brownies to eat.
Thank you guys so much for your response to my post about TGG in March. It really means a lot to me. I was hurting so bad there for a while. But like I said, the good that's come out of it is that I realized that there are worse things than having your boyfriend break up with you.