An apparently much-needed update:
I've collected over 40 voice-mail messages over the past week. So, for all of you whose calls I've been ignoring out of, not hatred, but self-preservation, here are the answers to your questions--spoken and otherwise.
Yes-- I am still alive.
No-- I'm not okay.
Yes-- I will be.
Yes-- We are still friends.
No-- Please do not pick "sides." Please do not create "sides."
Yes-- I know it shocked you.
No-- I don't feel like supplying the gory details.
Yes-- I am talking to people...just a very small number of them for now.
No-- I don't know where I'm going to be living yet.
Yes-- You can come visit me at work if you like.
Yes-- My head is still spinning.
Yes-- I will call you back... it just might take a little while.
Yes-- I am still alive.
No-- I'm not okay.
Yes-- I will be.
Yes-- We are still friends.
No-- Please do not pick "sides." Please do not create "sides."
Yes-- I know it shocked you.
No-- I don't feel like supplying the gory details.
Yes-- I am talking to people...just a very small number of them for now.
No-- I don't know where I'm going to be living yet.
Yes-- You can come visit me at work if you like.
Yes-- My head is still spinning.
Yes-- I will call you back... it just might take a little while.