CHE BELLO

In honor of reading Bridget Jones’ Diary instead of studying for the massive Arabic test I have coming up, I’ve decided it’s finally time to revive the blog. I needed some time off, mainly because my life got a little too painful to publicly handle for a while. But I’ve emerged on the other side into a much happier, more stable place, and am ready to share it with all of you again.

A quick re-cap of recent events (I’ll try to fill these in with more detail in the coming weeks):

• Toward the end of the summer I ended my relationship with Patrick. In retrospect, it happened in a rather sloppy fashion, as I tottered back and forth in my mind as to whether or not it was what I really wanted. In the end, I made the choice I had to make for my own sake, although hurting him and his family was incredibly painful. By his choice, we currently aren’t speaking.
• I’ve been rehearsing for a number of weeks now in my dream role — playing Jamie in Jason Robert Brown’s The Last 5 Years. My co-star is a phenomenally talented freshman who has grown to become one of my closest friends. The show opens on November 7th, and I could not be more thrilled. A character that I’m finally starting to feel really seeping into me when I’m on-stage, music that was practically written for my voice, and a fierce belting co-star…this show is going to be absolutely amazing.
• I’ve been seeing a wonderful, adorable, sweet, gorgeous, perfect boy for about a month and a half now. His name, much to the chagrin of all of my friends who have seen me go from Patrick to Patrick and who would have liked to leave that section of the alphabet, is Philip. Alas, I think I am incapable of falling for boys that don’t live in Georgia. But oh, how I have fallen. I am very much in love with him, and don’t envision that changing anytime soon.

So now you’re at least basically caught-up on monumental occurrences. Like I said, I’ll be filling in gaps and details in the coming weeks, but I’m glad to be back, and hope all of my Internet-friends haven’t abandoned me.

Cheers!