Currently, Bryce is biking across the country from Arizona to Washington DC. I told him I was okay with him going as long as I would eternally hold the place as the best wife ever and he agreed. We are living our lives through snap-chat and FaceTime and counting the days until we get married (47).
One really thing happened on Friday: we both were awarded full tuition scholarships for the next school year! Whoop whoop. Except I didn't get to even tell him about it until 10pm because they biked 120 miles that day! And were chased by a pack of wild dogs more than once, all while getting 4 flat tires. If you want to follow their trip, they have a blog: http://bammomentum.blogspot.com/
Some things I have learned while experiencing this whole long distance thing:
1. I am not as emotional as I thought I was. For some reason when I thought about the bike trip, I just assumed I would cry for 5 weeks straight but really it hasn't been that bad. He texts me every morning before they leave, lets me know whats going on throughout the day and is sure to let me know what time he will be calling as well as if he is going to be late. Pretty perfect if you ask me. Talking to him on the phone every night is always always always the best part of my day.
2. I never realized how safe I felt around Bryce until he was gone. Since he's been gone, I've been scared passing random men on the street much more than I usually am and I've started locking my bedroom door when I go to bed even though we have a dead-bolted from door. I keep having these fears someone is going to come into our apartment! I never thought of Bryce as my protector much before, but now I want him to come back so I stop being scared at night!
3. Life is manageable but totally not as fun when we're apart. We've been getting things done and working hard the last week, but it is definitely not as fulfilling being apart. It feels so much more empty without someone to share everything with. We spend a lot of time looking at old pictures of us together. Like this picture of Bryce cutting chicken because I don't know how to use knives properly.
4. My ability to cook real food is out the window. I might have finished a whole box of cereal in one day started eating cereal way to often than is healthy for me.
For the most part, this long distance thing isn't really that bad but maybe I'm speaking too soon. There might be a pathetic hour or so every couple days where I just want to sit around in my wedding dress and wish he was here (that might of actually happened).
As far as the wedding planning is going, it's practically done in some ways and hardly done in others. At this point I know what Bryce is wearing and I have what I'm wearing, and other than that I just want to get married. Here are some colors we're using for the wedding in case you've been wondering.
Think berry colors. Red, magenta, raspberry, navy. Basically all shades of your cool color tones.
I cannot wait to get married to Bryce in the Portland temple! Whenever I think of even just being with him inside the temple I have to catch my breath and try not to cry!
