Just as I get used to life here in DC, start to feel like our apartment is home, start to get used to having such a crazy schedule at work, use the metro like a pro, feel comfortable walking past the homeless man (who screams stuff like "I like yer dress!" and "You've got pretty hair!", but still makes me jump) to get groceries, memorize the grocery store, know relatively where the streets and metro run, and how to get places without glancing at a map all the time.....
I buy a one-way ticket back to Utah.
I'm excited to see my fam-damily, friends, even acquaintances, eat at Cafe Rio and Bangkok Grill, drive, shop at Harmon's, have a doctor, finish school, and work somewhere I can sit down, but there seem to be a lot of cons.
I'm going to miss JJ a LOT. I'm going to miss laughing with him, cuddling and watching the Food Network, meeting up for dinner, even talking about work and bills--but I'm also going to miss how much he does to help me with every day life.
Marika Singer might be the most spoiled wife in the world. Not only does JJ have a great, stable job, which makes it so that I don't have to worry about how much I'm contributing to the bank account, he also is the perfect house-husband. I can't honestly say that I've done a load of laundry, from start to finish, since we got married--and even before that. Sure, I've put wash in, and folded on occassion, but he usually does the larger part of the laundry. He also does the larger part of loading the dishwasher, and I just have to put the clean 'uns away. He'll run me a bath if he knows I'll be home soon, and gets me a glass of water every night when we're headed to bed. He lets me just do the chores that I like--Grocery shopping, bill paying, and cooking a little more than half of the time. He's the BEST!, and I haven't even mentioned how he's always making me smile with little anecdotes and jokes, hugging me right at the right moment, and encouraging me to accomplish more and more.
Okay, now that I'm getting all emotional...
I'm flying in on July 22nd, then I'll be helping my sister move that weekend. JJ will be out in UT for Katie and Andrew Moravec's reception on Aug 15th and my birthday on Aug 17th, then he'll probably be back for his friend Walker's wedding on Aug 29th. I'll be in DC September sometime and October for UEA. He'll be in UT for Thanksgiving, I'll be in DC/PA with him for the Holidays.
The next 8-ish months are going to be hard, but I know that in the end, I'll be happy that I'm graduated and then we can start our "real lives".
I'm just going to miss him :'(
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You will do awesome! I KNOW it's going to suck, and you will both be super sad sometimes, but you get to grow in a different way that you just can't when you're living together :)
Think: care packages, online chat dates, cell phone photos...you'll have a great support system, and we'll be JJ's anytime he needs it!
I'm so confused as to why you are going back to Utah? And he is staying in DC.
Explain...
Rachel--
I'm going back to UT to finish school. I have 2 semesters left for my BS in Business.
It kinda sounds like you're dating again. Visiting each other, talking on the phone alot, etc... The whole puppy love thing will just be there again. I miss that sometimes. Maybe my hubby and I need to separate and only see each other once a month, so when we make out it's firey again! Haha.
Dude, if my baby ever gets kidnapped, my first suspicion will be you. Are you obsessed with my child? Haha. I'll get some up eventually
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