Day 2

As I haven't been to any classes yet today, I thought I would take the chance to give credit to the people who have made this transition back into school a worthwhile venture. My parents have been incredibly supportive and I really can't thank them enough for everything they have helped me out with financially, from health care to a car, cell phone to my beautiful apartment and everything in it.

However, another person who has made a huge impact by helping me through this process is my best friend. We met in the dance department in college and it was immediately evident we were going to have a wonderful friendship. (We even had the same S.A.T. score!) And it has been nothing but that - we have seen each other through academics, dance struggles and accomplishments, guys, confrontations with our mothers, and have had an absolute riot of a time together the whole way.

The first year out of college, when I moved 11 hours west to dance with the company, she was at home in rural Pennsylvania with no cell phone reception. I went over a year without seeing her, almost without speaking to her on any kind of regular basis, and I believe that was part of the reason why the first year was so hard.

She is now in law school and dancing near my home in Ohio. We both laughed this morning on the phone about how awful the separation was because we now see each other at least once a month, if not more frequently, and we speak almost every day.

Today we got on the topic of other girls (specifically exes, past hook-ups, and randoms at the bar) trying to affect our relationships with our boyfriends with their unnecessary drama. They just don't seem to grasp that the guys aren't interested in them, but don't want to be mean about it.

Don't all females develop some kind of embarrassment filter? Or pride? Honey, if he doesn't show up where you think he will after you've made the effort to get there, he obviously doesn't care about you or your time. You can get mad at yourself, think he's as distraught as you are, and call him months later for two hours to play "Remember When?" with the belief you're entwined souls that lost each other along the way.

News flash: He hasn't given you 20 seconds of thought in those couple months. Get over it.

Also, we understand 21-year-olds flaunting around their barely legal business, trying to chase after 25, 26, 27-year-old guys. We were there, just as stupid, and we learned too. If he has a girlfriend, and you have to initiate every conversation...

...More breaking news: He doesn't want you. Again, get over it.

Yes, my best friend and I recognized we have both behaved as such in the past but took the hint and moved on because, let's face it, it's embarrassing not to do so! You're only giving ammunition to the current girlfriend to laugh at you and your absurd behavior.

Or, better yet, mock you in writing.

Here's to best friends! More tomorrow on what happens in class.