So, I wanted to take a moment to apologize to all of my friends for being a little recluse over the summer. I had a lot on my mind, but things are changing now. I am trying to get my life back on track.
I realize now that I was severely upset for months, way more than I really let on. Not entirely over a girl – though she definitely discovered the final straw that broke the camel’s back. The best place to stab that knife in, if you prefer that metaphor instead. It’s just weird how much I let myself get throughly miserable inside, let my book schedule slip again, had to cancel various other activities, and was just generally a pain in the ass to be around for a while. That’s not actually me…I guess stress does that. And I had no idea just how much I had stressed out. So sorry everyone. I feel much better now! And it’s my favorite time of year again, too 
Moving country actually takes a lot more out of you than you realize…you’d only really know what I mean if you’d done it for yourself. It’s the little things that do it – I love my life here, but in some ways it’s taken a year to get to a point where I can actually sit down and breathe again. I’ll have a little gathering at some point in the next few weeks to celebrate a year in the US…when I get around to organizing it.
Jon.