"We were on a break!"

Double whammy: I'm quoting Ross from Friends AND bringing up a relationship story. You see, folks, we really were on a break. For about a year. 

I mention it briefly in this post: Mr. Palm Tree and I were on a year-long break in college. This isn't really a pretty story. I look like - and was - kind of an ass. Although it all ended up well and even though I thoroughly believe that it was necessary, there are parts there were really messy. I could pretty it up, but that's dishonest and really, what's the point? It was what it was.

personal photo | Kind of cheating, this is right after we ended our break - Halloween 2009.

I had just started my sophomore year of college and I just felt different. Over the summer, I rented an apartment with a girl I knew from our freshman year and I just felt kind of. . .steady? For the first time, I felt like I could breathe. I know that sounds dramatic, but so much of my life was rocky and tumultuous - I finally felt like I was where I was supposed to be. I had a steady job, I loved college and what I was studying, I had great friends. I was in a good place.

So, naturally, I panicked. Sigh.