See you soon, sweetheart.

[flyboy_fox]

Well, it's 7:07am on Thursday May 27th 2010 and Jei's gone home for the summer. I kissed her goodbye and listened to the rickety rolling of her suitcase trundle as she dragged it down the hall and out of the apartment doors, and now she's gone. I know it's not forever, but 9 weeks - more than two months - feels like an eternity stretching ahead of me without her laughter and her smile and all the things we share here together. Without her, this place is just a house, not a home. I have to remember that before she came here in 2008, we were lucky to spend more than a couple of weeks together in a year. For almost a decade, we were separated by an ocean and almost 4,000 miles. Having lived with her for almost two years now, I've been spoiled rotten. But I've never lived on my own before. I always at least had my mum and my cat to fall back on when Jei and I were apart. I'll adjust and get used to it, I suppose. Right now I just feel a little numb and tears are threatening to spill. But I've been lucky. I am lucky.

Have a great flight, Jei-ji, and give all my love to your wonderful family. Be sure to let me know that you got home safely. I love you and I am SO very proud of you.