Guys. This weekend was the absolute best weekend ever. This picture completely captures both of our emotions the whole time. You guessed it, Devon and I finally saw each other! After well over 2 months of being away we finally got to spend some quality time together. Let me tell you all about it :).

So first things first, this weekend came with a big big surprise. We were originally supposed to meet on Saturday but fate had other plans. Friday she had a doctors appointment a half a mile away from my college. We decided to do the couple location thing and realized we were literally a few minutes away from each other. We thought it was really funny and felt good, then she asked me if she could come visit me.

Naturally my response was “Ummmm YES!!!!” i stopped what I was doing immediately and eagerly ran outside and waited for her to come see me. For what felt like the longest five minutes of my life, I waited outside on the phone with Dev because she got lost cause she was so excited. I saw her car pull up and my heart stopped. I simply could not believe what I was seeing. As her car slowly pulled up next to me I could see her in the passenger seat. I almost cried but not quite. An ear to ear grin came across my face and I was overcome with an overwhelming happiness. I would tell you what happened next, but I can’t quite do it justice so I’ll show you! Enjoy!

That was the absolute best feeling in my whole entire life. Feeling her in my arms was a feeling that i could never even begin to describe in a million years. I wish I could live that moment over and over and over again. I still can’t believe that happened I could watch that video 100 times. Anyway! After that we went to my room and just kinda stared at each other in disbelief, holding hands, kissing, smiling like darn fools, and giggling about how happy we were to be in each other’s company. That didn’t last too long since i had to get ready for a cross meet and she had to eat lunch, but we left with smiles that we simply could not wipe off and warm feelings in our hearts. She came to my meet that night too(which she was gonna surprise me at anyway but like I said fate had other plans) and I ran a big PR which I’m pretty sure I have her to thank for.

Now onto the highlight of the whole entire weekend, Saturday. I got there at around 11 ish and was met by another ginormous hug and lots of kisses. This was followed by, no exaggeration, an hour of holding each other and looking at each other still not believing that we were in the same room as each other for the first time in two months. We didn’t really know what to do we just kinda stood there. Which was fine by me because I would sit and watch paint dry with this girl and be happy. We then decided to enjoy the wonderful weather and go for a walk. After a bit we got lunch at Panda Express and came back and ate it under the sun and soon after that played a super fun computer game, which I totally won by the way.

After that we came up with the best idea ever, we built a fort!

That was so so much fun! We felt like kids again. We then just laid together for a few hours just chilling and talking and enjoying each other’s presence. Did i mention how adorable we were being? I don’t mean to brag, but the cute couple levels were over 9000 the whole entire day. That was the highlight of the whole day, just relaxing and forgetting about the whole entire world and not thinking about anything but each other.

After that we went outside for a little street work out at the park. It was solid, I was coming back from a bit of a tweak and she hadn’t worked out in 2 months. It was fun! We enjoy working out together, although I’m a whole lot more crazy about it than she is.

We got done with that and realized how hungry we were and went to grab stuff to make dinner. We made pizza lasagna and it was the best thing ever! Watch out we may have our own cooking show some day.

Looks good doesn’t it? While that was cooking up we watched our favorite movie together, The Notebook. No shame at all. It’s a good LDR one if you haven’t seen it and it’s a really good movie when you swallow your pride and watch a chick flick.

That’s when things took a little turn for the worse. We realized that our day together was about over and it sunk in that tomorrow she would be leaving. It was a hard goodbye even though we would see each other the next morning.

The next morning we went to mass together, another one of our favorite things to do, and went back to her house for a few hours before she had to go. We went on a walk and enjoyed our last few hours together.

So my question I asked in the last post was answered and yes this goodbye was a whole lot harder than the last one. Dev took it so hard and I had to be strong for her. She didn’t want to go back and frankly I couldn’t blame her. But after a really hard see you soon, a big hug, and lots of kisses, Devon finally left for school again for another month and a half.

So what did I learn from this whole experience? Well I think I started loving her and I didn’t think that was even possible. The whole entire day and a half I felt at home. Everything with her just felt so right and I felt so comfortable every single second. It was one of the best days of my life and I wouldn’t change a thing about it. Waiting for two months for that weekend was well more than worth it. It only solidified and reminded us of why we are doing this and why we put up with the distance in the first place, to be together once again and be with each other. I wanna feel like this for a hundred more years

So if you’re starting to get tired of the distance and the grind of missing them, let me tell you that it is so beyond worth it. Being with them is the most amazing feeling in the whole wide world and I would go through anything to feel that again. You’ll become stronger as a couple and so much happier that you have seen each other and got to be a normal couple for just a little bit. It reminds you that love knows no distance and no matter how far away you are your love stays strong and never fades.

So keep staying strong! I got a little of my Devon fix and boy was it amazing. Thank you so much for reading this really really long post. I had a lot to say what can I say it was a big weekend. Just remember why you are in a long distance relationship, because you love them and that’s what you do when you’re in love.

It’s so worth the wait trust me. Thanks for reading! I can’t wait to post again. Back to the ole grind, a month and a half til Thanksgiving break. Hope it goes by fast! Keep loving them and stay strong for me!

-Matt

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