Sorry about the long gap in updates - was kind of waiting for things in life to settle down so there wasn't this big section of "why me?" "I'm ok" "I feel horrible!" up and down posts every five seconds.
The break up was rough for a while, and still is in some ways... but Chris and I have kept up a really good friendship through the whole thing, which really helps. It is almost like we just dropped the last 4 1/2 or 5 months and picked back up at the couple of months of friendship we had before that. We still hang out, just much less frequently, and I still know I can call on him for help... Like on Monday when I tripped and dropped a full glass of wine into my laptop and he had to come take it apart and make it all better - and I haven't even had a sip yet, so I can't claim drunkenness... just pure clumsiness! I think we will be okay. There may be a few bumps along the time period of adjustment, but I genuinely think that I am lucky to have a good relationship end not only without a fight or resentment but with me getting to keep someone who I consider to be one of my best friends.
Work is going fairly well. Had my 90 day evaluation and was told that I was definitely on a path to management, if that is what I wanted. I don't really know how long that path is... they weren't very specific. I don't know if that will be in 3 months, a year, or more... But, at the very least it is nice to know that (1) they see how hard I try and how much work I put in; and, (2) that it is at least possible that this job can go somewhere.
The apartment is coming together fairly well. I am about 80% unpacked... the hold-ups being the fact that almost all my clothes are dirty and I don't have the money to get the laundry all done, so the closet is a complete wreck... and that I have no place to store all my old memory stuff (photo albums, baby stuff, etc) and all the seasonal things like Christmas decorations so they are just piled in the entry way. If you can ignore the mess of a closet and the huge pile of storage in the entry, everything else is actually pretty much put together. Once I get the storage and laundry issues dealt with, I will go through with my camera and show off my decorating skillz. :-)
I have a few anecdotes and things from the last month, but I will leave this post as just a generalized update and try to mix in those things when I get so much better at updating. ;-P