Hello again! I hope you’re doing well, silent reader-folk, and I hope that if you are going through the immigration process, everything is bobbing along smoothly. It’ll be worth it. So, as I mentioned in my last post, I’ve transitioned this into an ‘experiences in America’ blog, which is here. Please check it out, and … More A final update (at least on here…)
It just occurred to me, literally five minutes ago, that some of the people who happen across this website – hi! I see you on my stats screen đ – might be wondering where I’m up to, if Tina and I are still doing well, and how the immigration process went. Well, starting at the … More Update: Hi from America! Plus: thrills and giant rocks.
So I was driving through rural Pennsylvania yesterday…. how amazing it is just to be able to say that… and I was mainly staring around in awe at what an astonishingly beautiful place it is. While I was blissing out on trees, creeks, and sunshine, it also occurred to me that I was doing pretty … More Get out there!
A fun little list today as I’m finding myself thoroughly immersed in having LIFE again after over a year of Skype calls and time zones. What a difference. 10 things I love about America that are not Tina: garbage disposal! you can post letters from your post box! the roads. are huge. automatic cars forever … More 10 Things About America
Waking up together. Obvious. This is heaven. No time zone calculation. It’s 3pm for you? It’s 3pm for your other half too. No more Skype. Byeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee We can text! There’s something about being able to text and not use Whatsapp. Feels great. Picking her up from work. I love this. Talking! Before and after work. Sitting down to … More 10 Amazing Things About Closing The Distance
If you think it has, trust me: it hasn’t. I’m talking about that feeling of it finally ‘hitting you’. That moment when you know that you’ve done it, you’re flying over tomorrow/today/yesterday/a few days ago, and your new life with your other half is about to start. At last. If you think that’s hit yet, I’m just … More Closing The Distance 101: ‘Hitting’
So this is kind of a big one: my first post from the USA! After fifteen long months, several thousand forms, a million Skype calls and emails and Whatsapp messages and YouTube videos, we finally made it. I hopped onto a Delta Airlines flight (which was super comfy and had maybe twenty people on board … More Closing The Distance 101: The One Way Flight
A friend of mine had his (successful) visa interview recently, so I asked him if I could post his email about it up here. I felt much better in the run-up to mine whenever I read someone else’s experience at the embassy (the US Embassy in London, to be clear) so hopefully this will be … More London Embassy Interview Experience
My one way flight is tomorrow. I really don’t have words for all the things I’m feeling. I just want to say, if you’re in an LDR and you’re reading this and you’re looking at the road ahead and feeling daunted, do not give up. If you really want to be together, do it. Do … More Tomorrow
So, here I am, three days left before I fly over to America and my other half. #NoReturnFlight, baby. I. Can’t. Wait. It’s been a hell of a year getting here, and we’ve slogged through many a trench on the way, and it has been entirely, 100%, worthwhile. And I’m not even there yet! I … More Hindsight
Long Distance Love Songs 