So my exam is over! Finally and thankfully. I’m not exactly sure how well I did, but I’m just glad it’s over. Now, I can take some downtime that’s much needed. Especially since my back is still breaking into bits. I plan to do a lot of lying down as I promised my mother. And it’s time to start answering some of my really dated mail.
I’ve decided to bring some Christmas feel to my page. Feel free to let me know what you think.
Yesterday, December 2nd, was my anniversary with Jake. 6 years. We’ve been together for 6 years. Considering that I’ve only been in the United States for 8.5 years, that’s a really large chunk of my American life.
Jake and I met cause we taught the same class in college. It was a student-taught computer course. I was a junior and he a sophomore. The most distinct memories I have from our first couple of months involve lots of laughter. Laughter and hours and hours of talking. We talked until the wee hours of the morning. About nothing. About everything.
He lived in a very unusual dorm and we spent hours hanging out with his friends. I remember a month during which we constantly played Son of a Preacher Man. Non-stop. Every time one of us entered the dorm room, we’d go “Oh my God! Turn it up, it’s my favorite song!” We didn’t even turn it off while we slept. We also spent several months playing Lucas Arts games, like Day of the Tentacle and Full Throttle. Most of my favorite college memories are with Jake.
After I graduated and moved to New York, we spent a summer living together and we fought non-stop. But we survived it. He went back to college to finish his senior year and we survived a year of long distance. We then moved back in together and learned to make it work without killing each other. We’ve even come to a point where we can’t imagine having better roommates than each other. Recently, I spent six months in Japan and he stayed here. The long distance was no problem. We spent hours on the phone, talking like the first days of our relationship. Having recently read Zeldman’s story, I smiled at how much it resembled our relationship.
My life with Jake has had ups and downs. But so many more ups. He’s taught me what it means to really laugh and he makes me feel loved more than anyone else I’ve ever been with. Each time he hugs me, I know that I can never let go. Each time I look into his eyes, I fall in love all over again. He makes me want to be a better person. He’s truly my best friend.
Thank you for all those wonderful years, my love. Here’s to many more.
