I'm sorry I was away for so long. I missed everyone here too. Being out of town and having my thread lock while I was in DC sucked. Then, I instantly came back and moved for every spare minute of the week I returned and followed that up w/a weekend of quality time w/my D. So, there was NO time to get caught up w/all of my friends here until just this week.
And you know how much goes on if you step away for even one day in this place, so I've been busy.
I am happy for the new beginning. I'm starting to like having the little apartment and that has motivated me to unpack boxes more rapidly this week. As soon as most things are out of boxes and either correctly placed or thrown away, I'll start to view my apartment as "home."
Finally, the sadness is awful and it is also unavoidable. I wish I had the power to make it go away, but I don't. If I had that much control, I wouldn't be in the position to be sad over what could have been.
So, as you say, the best thing to do is to embrace it and keep walking forward (or as FG would say, RTL, "do work").
I'm glad I'm back too, my friend, and I'm even happier to have been missed. RTL
