https://archive.rustgeek.me/tags/break-up/ Recent content in Break-Up on A Geek's Life Hugo en Tue, 05 Apr 2011 06:26:02 +0000 https://archive.rustgeek.me/2011/04/05/delayed-cognition/ Tue, 05 Apr 2011 06:26:02 +0000 https://archive.rustgeek.me/2011/04/05/delayed-cognition/ <p>I wake up to the sounds of a quiet house. It has taken all of twenty four hours but finally my benumbed brain connects to reality. Last night, EJ and I split up officially. It was very amicable -  no shouting, no crying, no theatrics -  just two adults recognizing that the time to end our tenuous grip on each other and move on had come. It is a strange place to be. We&rsquo;re still friends, we intend to keep the lines of communication open, but our nine months of being official have  ended. Now that reality has hit, I feel like a large, gaping hole has been torn in my very existence.</p>