The Garden before the Fall
The bulk reposted from LJ for convenience:
So if you're a friend of mine on various social networking sites, you probably noticed something unexpected over the last 24 hours:
i can has hot phD stoodent boyfriend
Meet Rick. You may actually already know Rick, as he's the man behind Reaver and has visited several of the local DC clubs over the last few months. In 'real life', he's working at one of the academic campuses at NASA Langley, and is finishing up his phD in Atmospheric Geophysics from Tech. I met Rick in the fall of last year, and since then he's been a great coworker, friend, and supporter over the last several months. I've always been impressed with his intellect, his sense of humor, but most importantly - his sense of honor and integrity.
In any case, Rick and I started seeing each other within the last two weeks. It's kind of funny - when JSun and I finally broke up, I had been long since resolved that that was it. Who is still single at 26? In a way I was looking forward to it - the extra time to just devote to my business, etc. But as fate would have it, I ended up with a potential job and a great place to live in Tidewater. After making that decision, things with Rick evolved from there. (Just in case anyone was speculating that I either broke up with JSun and/or decided to move down there because of this...not the case.)
I understand that from the outside, it can look rather foolish to jump into something else so soon. But from my point of things - life is short. What's the use in waiting when God so seemingly puts such a great opportunity right in front of you?
So that's the deal. Words can't describe how hopeful and content I feel these days.
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Hopefully if you're reading this you've also been keeping up on LJ and are in the know about me and JSun's break up. If not, go ahead and take a look. Don't worry, I'll wait.
Ok, now that that's taken care of, here's a bit more about the situation that I didn't want to go into on my public blog:
I felt the need to post about this now (instead of waiting until I finished moving) because I'm getting the idea that people are assuming that I both left JSun and am moving because of Rick, but that couldn't be less true. I had no idea of Rick's interest in me until early June, and only after I had left JSun and decided to move down to Virginia Beach. I shouldn't have to justify myself; if you truly know me, you know that I'm a woman of integrity and would NEVER violate a relationship.
My one weakness which I'll admit is that I did notice myself attracted to Rick a month or so earlier. But that in itself wasn't a motivation for ending my relationship with JSun; it was simply one of the many warning signs that something was wrong with my current status.
I was also touched that, in the same way, Rick never chose to tell me how he felt while I was still will JSun. It shows a depth of honor to this man...something that I've sorely needed lately.
As for jumping back into a relationship so soon...as one of my good friends pointed out via email earlier today...the truth is, I've been emotionally disconnected for months. So in spite of JSun's claims of being "disposable", it really isn't such a revolving door in this case. I was mentally done with that relationship in September. I've had plenty of time to move on. And like I said above...who am I to turn away what could potentially be one of the best things to ever happen to me?
So if you're a friend of mine on various social networking sites, you probably noticed something unexpected over the last 24 hours:
i can has hot phD stoodent boyfriend
Meet Rick. You may actually already know Rick, as he's the man behind Reaver and has visited several of the local DC clubs over the last few months. In 'real life', he's working at one of the academic campuses at NASA Langley, and is finishing up his phD in Atmospheric Geophysics from Tech. I met Rick in the fall of last year, and since then he's been a great coworker, friend, and supporter over the last several months. I've always been impressed with his intellect, his sense of humor, but most importantly - his sense of honor and integrity.
In any case, Rick and I started seeing each other within the last two weeks. It's kind of funny - when JSun and I finally broke up, I had been long since resolved that that was it. Who is still single at 26? In a way I was looking forward to it - the extra time to just devote to my business, etc. But as fate would have it, I ended up with a potential job and a great place to live in Tidewater. After making that decision, things with Rick evolved from there. (Just in case anyone was speculating that I either broke up with JSun and/or decided to move down there because of this...not the case.)
I understand that from the outside, it can look rather foolish to jump into something else so soon. But from my point of things - life is short. What's the use in waiting when God so seemingly puts such a great opportunity right in front of you?
So that's the deal. Words can't describe how hopeful and content I feel these days.
++++++++++
Hopefully if you're reading this you've also been keeping up on LJ and are in the know about me and JSun's break up. If not, go ahead and take a look. Don't worry, I'll wait.
Ok, now that that's taken care of, here's a bit more about the situation that I didn't want to go into on my public blog:
I felt the need to post about this now (instead of waiting until I finished moving) because I'm getting the idea that people are assuming that I both left JSun and am moving because of Rick, but that couldn't be less true. I had no idea of Rick's interest in me until early June, and only after I had left JSun and decided to move down to Virginia Beach. I shouldn't have to justify myself; if you truly know me, you know that I'm a woman of integrity and would NEVER violate a relationship.
My one weakness which I'll admit is that I did notice myself attracted to Rick a month or so earlier. But that in itself wasn't a motivation for ending my relationship with JSun; it was simply one of the many warning signs that something was wrong with my current status.
I was also touched that, in the same way, Rick never chose to tell me how he felt while I was still will JSun. It shows a depth of honor to this man...something that I've sorely needed lately.
As for jumping back into a relationship so soon...as one of my good friends pointed out via email earlier today...the truth is, I've been emotionally disconnected for months. So in spite of JSun's claims of being "disposable", it really isn't such a revolving door in this case. I was mentally done with that relationship in September. I've had plenty of time to move on. And like I said above...who am I to turn away what could potentially be one of the best things to ever happen to me?
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