Two years.

We've made it to another one of those landmarks - two years of togetherness.

I'm about three weeks late with this post, but I also didn't see the boy until a few weeks after our anniversary. We celebrated by going back to a hot dog shop that we discovered on a trip to Philadelphia last summer - before we were apart, before I moved away, before a lot of other challenges and complications. And there's a picture of Sam in underdogs where he's refusing to just look at the camera.

But here we are. Still holding on to what we have. Still making each other smile. Still cherishing sad goodbyes and excited hellos. When people ask me if the distance is hard, I honestly have to answer not really. I'm still just in love all the same and there's no one I'd rather have by my side (but hundreds of miles away) than this guy. We have so much history, so much shared understanding that it'd be hard to not do this.

I'm happy to be able to look back on these two years and be proud of what we have created.

Museums and fall weather.

 Sam was here, again...Not as though I'm mad about it. His visits never seem quite frequent enough though they happen about every two weeks. I actually am so distracted in the mean time that it seems like it's only a few days between visits. This weekend we were fortunate enough to have lovely autumn weather and got to see great friends. The very cool part was that the Smithsonian was having Free Museum Day. Living in Philly, I am fortunate enough to be close to a bunch of museums - we decided on the Academy of Natural Sciences. The area there is really pretty with a big fountain in the middle. Of course we had to go to Rittenhouse afterwards and get our hot dogs from Underdogs.

Saturday night was quite chilly so we got coffee and hot chocolate from Seven Eleven to cuddle at the Bell Tower. Talked about dreams and stuff and took in a wonderful night in the city. So we wandered through the city until it was time for the bus to pic up my boy and whisk him away to western Pennsylvania. 

Now I'm left to write this paper about revolutionary women and their view of marital institutions - hope everyone gets to have as great a start to the week as I do!

Smiles, Morgen.