You know how at the movies when two lovers get reunited it usually consists of running across the airport/field of grain and leaping into each others arms?

Well today I showed up at Calvins house, and it didn’t quiite turn out like that :P When I saw him, I started CRYING! At first I was as shocked as he was, but I’m pretty sure it was some combination of OHMYGOSH YOURE REALLY REAL!… and the sudden crushing wave of emotion after I spent a semester trying to miss him as little as possible (to avoid unnecessary suffering)… and all the pent-up times I wanted to cry on his shoulder while we were apart…. but i was really really happy, and we both laughed at how non-hollywood our reunion turned out :)

he smells soooo goooooddddd….

and very glad to be here!

but in the car from the airport i realized…

Now that I have friends in so many different places, I will always be missing someone. (Mom’s reply: Thats what weddings are for!)

But it’s still worth it to be able to love so many people :D

is actually really fun!

explanation:

Well, as background story, I stayed up all night last night partying and packing :P Patrick and I agreed to be traveling buddies since our flights are within an hour from each other. He arranged for a taxi to pick us up at 6am. He carried my bags out to the taxi (52 and 66 lbs respectively - but i didnt get charged for overweight luggage!!! yay!) and we set off. At the airport we checked him in and then we waited for my airlines checkin counters to open. He got a bit nervous about time, though, so when the counters finally opened he went through security ahead of me. Then when I got through, I checked all the departure times and figured out what gate he was at. He was shocked that I found him without knowing his flight number lol. Then we sat for a while.. and then I was like - hey those 2 whtie guys look really familiar… it was james and dalton! turns out they were on the same flight to tokyo as patrick. We all sat together, and Patrick bought 2 sundaes for us from BK. It felt like having dessert before dinner because it was so early in the morning. Then they boarded, and I went to my gate and waited an hour for my boarding time. My flight was awesome! huge japanese plane, less than half full! i had a window seat  but nobody was sitting in the seats next to me so I got to stretch out my legs :D The food was yummy too. When I got to Tokyo I looked up the departure times again, and walked a loooong way to Patrick’s gate. And again, the look of shock - victory! Turns out their flight was crowded with no food - HAH! So we hung out for a bit before he boarded to LAX. (james and dalton are flying to SF and Sacramento so they were on a different flight)

Now i’m waiting for my flight to LAX!

it was fun - and kinda cool - traveling “with” my friends, and being able to find them/overlap in different airports/countries haha.

in 12 hours i will be home!

TILL TAKEOFF!!!!

4 days before I get to see him again!

We haven’t gone this long without seeing each other since…. second grade? :P And as my return flight gets closer and closer, I find myself missing him more and more. I think before, when I knew it’d be a while before I got to see him again, I didn’t let myself miss him too much - because I’d be putting myself through unnecessary suffering. I kept myself busy. But now it’s SO close, and I’m just ITCHING to be with him again! AHHH! I daydream about him all the time…

Anyway, I decided to take a break from studying and reflect on how these 3 months have changed our relationship.

In this day and age, it’s hard NOT to stay connected. You can be in constant communication through im, email, text, vchat, etc. But with the huge 15/16 hour time difference, we lost that instant gratification. But instead, I look forward to reading his emails about his day, and I get really excited when we are both awake and available to chat online or on the phone (we only talked on the phone a couple times this semester - I really miss his voice.) And it’s true what they say about absence making the heart grow fonder. We’ve always said that if either of us find someone better, they deserve that. I still haven’t found anyone better.

Before I left, everyone I talked to sounded like they didn’t think Calvin would survive without me. It confused me - the issue to me was could I survive without him! haha but we’ve both done well for ourselves. I grew up soo much, became more open, learned a lot about relating to people, learned that it’s okay to look stupid and make mistakes… and from afar, I’ve been watching Calvin grow too. He’s more daring, more confident, more open, and other people are starting to see the leader that I’ve always seen in him.

I’m excited for all the fun we’ll have together soon :) I’m excited to share my newness with him, and to marvel at his firsthand.

This was worth it.