As mentioned below, my former boss had me over for lunch today at her home downtown. She invited me over to talk about the LD28 race and we talked about that and the Pederson campaign.

But I also got a chance to talk with her about my current sad state of affairs. I value her counsel and insight - she and I are so different that her perspective is often one I never thought of.

Her advice to me was that I should "just be" for now. Don't do anything rash, she said. Just feel everything I'm feeling and let it wash over me and just...be.

I think that's probably some of the best advice I've had since Monday. And I should also pat myself on the back for not breaking down into an emotional heap while retelling my sad tale.

So I'm going to try and just be for awhile. And I'm going to just go with the flow and let whatever happens happen. Sure, I say that now, but I'll give it a go. I think this will be my surest way of getting to a place where the friendship will survive. Battered and bruised, but survive.