I stumbled upon Crate while I was trying to hold my relationship with my ex together, literally just grasping at straws because by that point I pretty much already knew it was over. His patience amazed me at that time and it still does to this day. We're both going through what we're calling a storm, each to their own. I've got medical hurdles that will keep me cooped up most of the summer and he's on his first deployment for six months in the desert. I can't believe I'm already done second year uni. Its going to be so weird not taking summer classes this year or working.
I'm not going to lie, adjusting has been difficult. We're a week into his deployment and my mind still gets rattled when trying to figure out times. For a year we had it relatively easy being in the timezone, able to spend hours together at night and hearing his voice each day. It was a sudden warp to find ourselves 8 hours and an ocean apart with him juggling a midnight to noon work shift. Luckily his wireless connection is decent and I'm able to catch him when he gets off work around 4:30am my time for a chat. I got to hear his voice a couple of times over the week too (: I had prepared myself for the worst not really knowing what to expect. I had envisioned awful connections, emails, and long letters. I'm already 10 pages into a letter to him and making us key chains for our first anniversary. Those are still a work in progress but I'll post a picture when I'm done.
Crafting always relaxes my nerves so I started on "Open when..." envelopes. I'm only making about 30 to gauge his reaction. He had warned me ahead of time not to send him anything "dopey" :P But the other day he was missing me a little too much and relented. These are two of my favourite ones:
He sent me the Nemo USB with 180 days worth of puzzles he made up, quotes, poems, and pictures. I am to open one a day which will cover the 6 months he is away. One week down...173 days to go.
I guess this is a long enough ramble for my first entry (: