Hey guys,

I'm having trouble sleeping tonight, so I thought I'd tell you all about my life at the moment, and see what you guys have to say.

Well, I live in Australia. Perth, and Im 20. about 6 months ago, I fell for a girl I work with, who, initially, I thought was completely "out of my league" She's an artist, a model, and is just completely amazing, a couple of years older, but in many ways, very similar to me. Anyway, at the time I fell for her, I was coming out of a relationship, of roughly 2.5years, and its really amazing how the world chooses to work some times, so our friendship started to grow, we started seeing movies together, having coffees, ice creams, went out for dinner a few times, we even sat awake until the sun came up once, working hard away on a wax version of the Bon jovi SS pendent, which I was to get made by a jeweller friend of hers. So I was falling for her, and finally one night I revealed my feelings, and she laughed at me... ha, and said something along the lines of "its about bloody time!" And it began, that was 3 months ago - how time flies! And as relationships go, everything has been beautiful.

Whats so sad about this tale you may be asking?
The night we got together, was also the night she found out she had been awarded to finish her fine art degree at a prestigeous art school in Paris, France! This has been her lifelong dream. From the very beginning of our relationship we've known she'll be leaving on September the 1st. Thats less than 10 days away. The other night we made a decision to cool things when she leaves, it was difficult, sad, but ultimately, the only honest thing to do. She will be gone for an undetermined time, 1 year at the least, and then who knows.. we've only been together for 3 months... Last night she layed her head on my chest, I asked her what she was thinking about and she replied "About you, Im going to miss you."

In a way I feel bad, for letting the relationship get to this stage, because this is her dream. In a way this sad story is happy, how many relationships can end happily. I don't think the reality of her leaving has hit me yet, every now and then I think of little things I do with her, and then I tell myself, you won't be able to do that anymore... When she told me she was going to miss me, I have never seen so deeply into someone's soul. I should've responded with something like this:

"Don't miss me, There'll be moments that you will think about me, and there will be moments where I'll think about you. And there'll be moments when we'll be thinking about each other at the exact same time, and at that moment we'll be together..." pretty corny...

Anyway guys, thanks for listening to the ol' stay, I appreciate you guys, even if at times, I freak you out a bit with the Arm Hair character.

Peace, and love, always
Stay.