The Cardinal Rule of a Breakup

Ladies, what is the cardinal rule of a breakup? You must change your hair. So, that is exactly what I did. I cut four inches off! I haven't had my hair this short since I was a freshman in high school. It is really start to grow on me. The only bad part -- I have to actually do my hair every day. If you know me at all, and my getting ready ritual, then you know this is very difficult for me.

It is not the only thing that I changed. I moved out of my apartment with my ex. I was incredibly sad to leave the apartment that I turned into a home. I loved every bit of it. I loved the layout, and I decorated it exactly the way I wanted to. I definitely shed a few tears leaving it behind. Moving out really means that it is over, and my life will be different from now on!

So, I moved in with my cousin, Megan, her husband, Richie, and her baby, Lilli! On top of that I added my beloved cat, Chase, to the mix of their other two cats. The dynamic is quite strange for Chase. He does not understand the concept of "play" yet! This is my second stint with living with them. I moved in with them three years ago when I first moved to Ohio. I cannot believe that my life has circled back to this again.

As I am settling in to my new digs I am realizing a lot. I put a picture up on the dresser -- it is one of my all-time favorites of my cousins, Megan and Molly, and me in Vegas for Meg's bachelorette party/wedding. It was four years ago exactly when the picture was taken. I had just graduated from college, back off a trip to Europe and in Vegas with family -- yet I was unhappy. Unlike all the people I graduated with, I didn't have any job prospects, I was single and torn between two locations. Same things I am facing today (unemployed with no prospects, single after a three year relationship and torn between Ohio and Atlanta). I would pray all the time for an answer, and looking back on it now...all I had to do was be patient.

The week after I got back from Vegas (by the way -- one of the most amazing weddings I've been to in my whole life!) I landed an internship. Six months later I got my first job in the real world at an agency in Columbus, and six months after that I met Casey. It only took one year, and my life was totally different. I keep thinking about that time, and it has given me so much hope. I know this next year will completely change my life...I'm truthfully, kind of excited!

I recently came across this quote, and it truly sums up what is happening now!

"Life's about change, sometimes it's painful, sometimes it's beautiful, most of the time it's both."

For me right now...it's both. It started with a haircut...let's see where it leads! =)