Still Sitting, Still Tortured

We won't be seeing each other tonight, and although he will be in town this weekend we probably won't be seeing each other tomorrow. He wants to let things clear up before we start seeing each other again. This is killing me and breaking my heart because I want him to want to be with me. So now I have a lot of thinking to do and I need to make a decision that I can be comfortable with.

I am on the back-burner. I am not sure how to respond and it hurts, it really hurts. He was all happy this morning when I talked to him, and I was in a good place myself but as soon as I asked if we would see each other and he told me about the hiatus I shut down and got off the phone.

I am trying to occupy myself with the 10,000 things that I need to get done here at work, but it's impossible. I want to pick up the phone and call him, but to say what? There is nothing I can say that will change anything. My feelings at this point, in this situation are mute and that kills me. I don't think he intends for it to be that way, but it is. Literally what I need from him doesn't matter right now.

What should I do?