You've got to be joking, 2007 isn't over yet?

In the first week of 2007, my girlfriend broke up with me. It set the year off on a sour note that has been playing ever since. We managed to patch things up within about a month and have been dating steadily ever since. We even moved in together.

Now in the last week of 2007, history is repeating itself.

A little back story...

She was cast in a show back in her hometown, and we drove her car up at Halloween. I flew back home, but came out to visit her again for Thanksgiving, and to see the opening night of her production.

Starting around the 2nd week of December, after I'd only been home a few weeks, I started noticing changes in her behavior. There was no more "Hi honey" or "miss you" or "love you" in our phone conversations. She seemed very withdrawn, talking mostly about the weather and such. I kept asking her about it, but all she would say is that her life was very "heavy" right now and she didn't want to talk about it. This has been going on for weeks.

Today, as I was looking at a friends' MySpace page, I saw a comment from my girlfriend saying "hi" and that she was probably moving to New York City at the end of February.

Huh?

News to me.

So I call her. No answer. But she returns my call about an hour later. She said she didn't want to burden me at Christmas (like December 27th is any better), so she hadn't brought it up. She said she felt more at peace with herself, that she had grown alot, and didn't want to come back to Vegas and pick up where she left off. She was staying back home, at least for now, and planned on moving to New York before spring to pursue her career. In essence, she said she had "outgrown" me, and that she considered us no longer together.

Exactly 3 months ago today, we moved into a new apartment together. There's still 3 more months left on the lease.

So here is sit, in an apartment half-full of her stuff, staring at the Christmas presents I wrapped for her underneath the tree. I had gone all out this year, buying probably the best, and most thought out, assortment of presents I've ever bought for any girlfriend.

She mailed me a Starbuck's gift card for Christmas.

I don't know when I'll ever see her again. She was supposed to come home in one week. I had planned on decorating the apartment with "Welcome Home" banners and balloons, and looked forward to celebrating a late Christmas with her.

We had been together almost 2 years.

2008 can only go uphill from here, I hope.