Hunkering Down

I was talking to my boyfriend tonight. He’s not going to be able to make it over here for awhile and he’s working a lot, so we don’t have as much time on the phone during the weekends.

This is the part that is hard in a long distance relationship – the inevitable disconnect or distance. You get over the initial rush and the reality of loving someone who lives halfway across the country sets in. This is the part that sucks.

I try to keep my eye on the prize – The Rest of Our Lives – but it’s hard sometimes. I try not to say, “I miss you,” or “I wish…” too much. I don’t want to push either of us. This is going to take some time.

I look at other couples doing their thing, going about their day – shopping at the market, swimming with their kids at the pool, walking together to get the mail. Normal everyday things. That’s what I want. The normal everyday couple stuff.  I want us to be a family.

Tonight, I said that someday Friday can be Date Night for us. He agreed that sounded good. Every once in awhile I have to shake off the stress of the impatience. I have to take a deep breath. I have to hunker down and find a new comfortable place to resume the wait. That normal couple stuff, it’ll happen. Maybe not as quickly as we’d like, but it’ll happen.

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In other news, Greg and Bay are working things out. Yay!! 

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