How to...

How To Survive Being Dumped: A Work in Progress...
(aka where I've been the past few days)

Be as busy as you can possibly be. It helps if you're in a graduate-degree program and have somehow avoided doing any work until this week.

Buy yourself hot pink roses, because you are a hot girl, and because you deserve beautiful things. Also, because The Boy (ahem. The Ex-Boy) only sent you red ones, even though pink are your favorite.

Work out A TON. You will feel better (endorphins). You will look hotter (skinny). And men apparently find sweat attractive because it makes them think of sex, because you will be hit on more than you ever dreamed possible.

Surround yourself with ex-boyfriends and ex-admirers. Let them call you. Let them email you. Let them buy you a drink. They will make you feel utterly&totally adored.

Smile at the Homeless Man. He will tell you look gorgeous, and he used to be a Player but now he's a Coach, and if he had $5 he would spend it on me.

Wear high heels. You will give the impression that you have all the 'tude you need, even if you don't feel it.

Listen to Kelly Clarkson. Make 'Walk Away' your anthem. Listen to more Kelly Clarkson.

Make a list of Bad Things about your Ex. For inspiration, consider the gifts he has given you over the past few years.

Breathe in, breathe out, even when it seems hard.