Waking up to this again

I finally fell asleep at around 2:30. First light woke me up at quarter to six, just enough to jostle me into consciousness. And within a few seconds, there it was: I've lost my boy. It's just me and a dark room again.

I'll get up and go into campus. What else can I do? My work really is so nearly all I have now, even if it's work that never pays the bills and never seems to get me anywhere. Maybe it will at least serve as a distraction. Even if it's this damn degree that lost him for me. Even if I hate it now more than ever.

They don't tell you this at orientation, kids, but getting a Ph.D. sure as hell can lose you a lot of relationships. And one or two of them might even be worth keeping.