My life is hard right now and making me very sad. I'm not really ready to talk about it all but it spills over into almost everything I do. I think it's great tho just how many people let me know that they care about me and are concerned that I'm doing ok. Sometimes I think I'm kind of a jerk, maybe a funny jerk, but a jerk none the less; yet for some reason people seem to like me. Aw crap, I don't know...
School is going fairly well and I'm digging it for the most part. Kinda hard to focus this quarter, but school is busy enough to force me to focus.
How did I get here and what do I do now?

I'm sorry to hear that you're sad.... if you ever want to talk, I'm willing to listen!
You are the only one I have bothered to track down after all these years. Guess you can't be too big a jerk.
Just take everything one at a time. You don't need to solve it all right now.