Goodbye Gaelen

Well, Gaelen and I finally officially stopped dating. It's very sad, but it's remarkably friendly. That's about the best we could've hoped for, I think. She's really good at remaining friends with past partners, so I'm hoping that we can keep a friendship alive. I look forward to that, despite missing her terribly.

I think she'll probably start dating Ed pretty quickly. That's scary 'cause a rebound relationship is a bad way to start, plus I suspect he won't want her to see me. If so I'll honor that desire, though it'll break my heart to completely lose my friendship with her.

I have been wrestling with this situation for two weeks now. There's lots to say but none of it really needs to be said; I've worked through it with close friends, and with Gaelen. I'm really busy; big Kazum shows coming up over the next two weekends. So I'm mostly distracted from loneliness. Plus, the benefit of Gaelen not spending time at my place is that she's left no absence behind. I'm sure it's a lot more lonely for her, 'cause I was always at her place and now I'm not.

I'm really glad that we dated, and I'll always treasure the memories and the feelings that we created together. I hope that we can remain close.

I sure do miss her. But I've got lots to do, so I'm gonna go get started on some things. First, a new kitten - we lost Abu over the weekend and poor O'Malley is perishing miserably from loneliness. Me, too... I hate losing a pet.

So, I'm off to check out a 4-month-old kitten!