Friends Farewell

Hollie, Nicolle and I went to visit Jayme and Aiya last night, as they are leaving for Vancouver this Friday. Jayme has decided to go back to school and get her Bachelor’s in Women Studies. I’m so proud of her. Sitting there last night I could not help but smile as she talked about getting everything ready to go and all the packing, and how that was me a year ago. A year later, and another one of us is leaving the area. The evening was full of many laughs, and thankfully very few tears, as I have had way too many of those the last few weeks. After dinner we took Aiya, who just turned 3, to the park, and on the way we picked up her best friend Emery, who is 2, and her mom Lisa (who live just a couple houses down). We spent quite some time at the park, and caught up on things going on in each of our lives. Jayme’s a single mom, and I admire her every time I am around her. Her parenting style and demeanor are something I wish or hope to have if I have kids someday. Nicolle and I laughed about how we would have handled some of the situations, definitely wouldn’t have been in the calm manner Jayme had.  She and I noticed more of our similarities when we shared a couple freak outs we’ve had, and how Shane or Aaron are so calm and just know what to say to bring us back to level ground. Lucky for us we have them to be that balance in our relationships. We all said our goodbyes to Jayme and Aiya, twice, it was so hard to leave. Just think that will be me in about 5 weeks. Nicolle and Hollie will more than likely see them before Hollie and Mark’s wedding next July, but I probably won’t see her until the wedding. Such a great farewell! All the best to Jayme and Aiya!!

Something I felt I should share….since I have got back to Edmonton, I have had a lot of people asking about Aaron and I, and how things are going for us now that we are so far apart again. I’m not sure why it has bothered me, but every time someone would ask me whether we had a Skype date yet, I felt like I had to defend our decision on why we hadn’t yet. I didn’t think that it was such a big deal that we hadn’t, but some of those asking thought it was. We just spent the last 10 months together, and as bad as that might sound, things are different than they were a year or even two years ago. We know that we will see each other in 6 weeks, and we get another year together. As much as I hate being so far away, I think the distance has been a good thing. Having time with my own friends has been something I have missed out on, and he understands that I’m going to try and spend as much time with them that I can. Not like we don’t text, call or email one another many times a day. It’s the same as it was before; just the end result isn’t only spending a week or two together. With that, I am happy to report that we finally had a Skype date Sunday night! Only took 3 weeks!

 

I have realized over these last 3 weeks, that before I moved, I was a pretty crazy girlfriend for all the times I wanted to Skype, and in general. We used to Skype once a week, and if we could, we’d squeeze a 2nd night in there, but those were rare. Besides both of our schedules, the two hour time difference made it a really big challenge. Interesting how much things can change, and how two people can grow closer together. Someone told me the other day that “it’s so evident how much you love and need him,” and that same person said something a few weeks back that meant a lot to me, more than they probably know it does. They said “It's surreal how passionate you sound when you talk about him.” That made me smile because I know I talk about Aaron a lot when I am not with him, and he definitely means the world to me. I could not be happier that things have worked out for us this last year, and I look forward to this next year!