So, now that I’ve made my fresh start, here’s a brief rundown of what the heck has been up with me lately and why I’ve been so freakin’ busy!

• I have three more weeks of teaching–that’s fifteen classroom days, minus one for awards day/yearbooks and minus two for exam days, which don’t really count.  Yippee!
• I am almost done with spring semester in grad school–one paper to revise (it’s just a couple of small changes) and one to write before Thursday of this week.  I probably won’t get much sleep Wednesday night.
• After only a month and a half, I dumped the boyfriend mentioned here, not because I didn’t like him but because, well, it just didn’t feel right.  I realized that although we had a lot in common, we weren’t at the same stage of life; like ex-boy, the guy I’ll call JJoe didn’t quite have the ambitious, goal-oriented lifestyle I need.  He was a lot of fun, but I wasn’t sure we had a future together.  Fortunately, he agreed completely and took the breakup with no hard feelings.
• Two days after I decided to break up with JJoe, I met someone.  In the words of HSSH (who I talked to about all of this), I’ve got men "coming out of the woodwork."  It kinda gives me the heebie jeebies.  So, who is this someone?  Well, first off, he’s a real, live grown-up, complete with house and small business (both of which he owns).  He’s a web designer by day, photographer on the side (I met him at the Boybutante Ball last weekend–I think he was one of four straight guys in the whole 40 Watt Club), ballroom dancer by night (he twirled me around his living room last Friday on our first official date), and amateur chef extraordinaire (at least, judging from the delicious dinner he cooked for me on the aforementioned date).  I’ve never dated an honest-to-god adult before, so the whole experience is kind of new for me, but I’m adjusting…
• HSSH and I have become good friends again during these last few weeks, and I’m happy about it.
• I popped in my Old 97’s CDs for the first time since ex-boy and I broke up (they were our band, insomuch as he introduced me to them, we went to one of their shows, and their CDs were the default for most riding-in-the-car occasions).  For the last 10 months, just the thought of listening to the Old 97’s gave me a sick feeling in the pit of my stomach…but now,even if I’m not in love with ex-boy anymore, I’m back in love with my favorite band!
• Oh yeah–all the little snippets for my Haloscan are lyrical lifts from the Old 97’s, too.