Overwhelming

First, let me say that I love my family and friends dearly. I truly do! I will miss them while I am gone, but missing them doesn't quite compare to the thought of missing my boyfriend. I know that sounds like a terrible thing. It's not that I love my family and friends less. It is just...different.

Just a bit ago, I discovered that my boyfriend couldn't take me to the airport on Sunday. I immediately started crying. I realized that tonight is my last time to spend time with him for quite a while. I was set on him taking me and being able to spend Saturday and Sunday together that it just blindsided me.

I know the time will go by in the blink of an eye, and we will be communicating in so many ways made possible by technology. I've already told him I am going to facetime him (he doesn't like skype) twice a day everyday. His response? "No." Men... But, we have email, facetime, and lovely international stamps. Plus, with handy apps on our phones I can even text him over wifi. So, there will be plenty of communication.

Not to mention that I have already made some friends who are au pairs in Madrid that I will spend some of my free time with. They seem like an awesome group of girls! I am excited to build friendships with these individuals who come from different parts of the world. How amazing is that?

Lots of couples do long distance for both short and long periods. Ours will be a short time apart. I just need to concentrate on that. It is a few months out of the hundreds that we will have together. It helps I think to look at it like that. It also helps that he is being incredibly supportive of me. I truly appreciate that.  And, as some of the girls were saying: distance makes the heart grow fonder.

Sorry for this emotional little post dear reader. I feel better now though. Writing, it is very therapeutic.