I'm back in Florida for my college semester. I miss my SO and New Jersey so much. I live in the rural, beautiful area of New Jersey (not that all areas aren't beautiful! just in different ways) and I love it. Florida is too busy, at least in the area I live. People don't look out for each other as much. At least that's the vibe I get; I don't want to offend anyone!

I spent 1 amazing month with my SO. We used to be close distance so I felt like I was back in high school haha. We spent Christmas and New Years together, went on an amazing trip to New York City, and had some cute movie and dinner dates. I also slept over his house basically every night. It's going to be weird to not have someone kicking me or accidently hitting me in the face while I sleep :P

We talked about our plan to close the distance. We plan to wait until I'm done with undergrad, so 2.5 years. Then I will go to graduate school up by him either in New Jersey or Pennsylvania. If it all works out, I may even be able to rent his family's house's extra bedroom (he pays rent to his mom) and live there during graduate school which would save me a lot of money and allow me to live with my SO without my strict parents being too mad. But we'll see about that. And then after he graduates in 4.5 years (he starts college in the fall but we're the same age; he took a year off), we will hopefully get married and move to Pennsylvania together. Obviously this is all tentative but I think it's a good plan so far!

The best part of the trip, besides endless hours of cuddling of course, was when my SO and I were hanging out with his brother. We were talking about how my SO would join the military if we went to war. I made some comment about how I wouldn't but I would help out with the effort at home. He then said "Well I'd want my wife home anyway to take care of everything." This may seem like nothing but he basically told his brother that I was his future wife, which is a big deal! I was so happy!

We're not engaged, don't worry. Still too young for that. But not too young to look forward to our potential future and work towards the goal of marriage.