The "vacation" starts!

Good byes have never been my thing.  I mean, I am REALLY horrible at them!  I just don't do well with change so having to say bye to Mark for 39 days (not that I am counting!) was one of the hardest things I have done in our relationship.  I had lots of tearful days leading up his departure and Mark finally came up with the best way to comfort me.  Both being from Wichita, I think we both really consider Wichita to be "home".  The thing I hated to think about was that my boyfriend was moving 450 miles away from me and Mark found a great way to reward this.  Now, I don't think of Mark as having moved, he is just on vacation.  I really feel that he will be down in Dallas and get great experience at his job that he can apply to the future. I also think that eventually we will both make our way home from our adventures and be back in Wichita, "home."  When looking at your long distance relationship, don't make my mistake.  Don't look at the distance as a permanent issue.  We really have no idea how long we will be long distance, but I do have all the faith in the world that we will end up living in the same place sooner than later!