The Day After

The day after a fun weekend/trip/concert/any fun activity is always bittersweet. It's like you wish it would never end but you also miss your own bed and being able to play your current fav song 23725 times over and over again (mine's currently "Better Luck Next Time" by Kelsea Ballerini). I had the best weekend at the lake with some of my favorite people in this world, so it's hard to leave the sand and water and having everyone in the same place. At the same time, it's nice to have a little alone time to sit in the quiet and be still. It's also nice to be back with my fur bestie.

So today's quiet time consists of blogging at 8:42 pm and eating a bowl of cereal for dinner.

Leaving the lake today also consisted of leaving Alex. I feel like anyone who reads this personally knows me and knows that Alex is my boyfriend, but on the off chance that you don't know: Hello, I'm Julia and this is my boyfriend Alex. We've been dating for over 3 years and I toilet papered his front yard in high school to get his attention!!! That's actually only half true because I'm the biggest weenie ever and would never just do that randomly lol. I already had a little bit of his attention and I got some friends to help me do the deed, but either way, it sealed the deal.

Alex is a grade older than me, so he went to college in Wyoming while I stayed in Nebraska to finish my senior year. But, the summer before he went to college, his family moved so we had to start the whole long distance relationship thing a few months earlier than we had anticipated. Not going to lie, it sucked. But Alex does not suck so we made it work. They say that distance makes the heart grow fonder and I believe that 100%. My heart grew so fond that I was like, no sir no more distance, so this past year we went to the same college and it was magical and so fun to step out into the world together. But the school year ended, and we both moved home for the summer. To two different towns. Hello distance, not really nice to see you again. But, we're used to it by now so it's just a minor shift in our lives.

But, back to that whole "distance makes the heart grow fonder," this weekend was the first time seeing him in two weeks and it was just the sweetest weekend. Something that I admire so much about Alex is his willingness to help and provide. He loves to take care of me (I'm strong and can take care of myself, but I do love how he steps in and makes me feel loved and cared for) but, he also loves to take care of other people and show them a good time - which is exactly what he did this whole weekend. And it is so fun to see other people laughing and smiling because of him. After everyone went home today, I got a few hours of Alex to myself. He is seriously my best friend so just sitting there and talking or watching TV, just being in his presence makes my heart happy. At one point I had mentioned how I was craving frosting, so he got up and made me some. Prime example of how he takes care of me. Now, we've had so many goodbyes and see you laters in our relationship, and a lot of them have been filled with tears, but we've gotten used to it by now so the tears don't come as often. I actually don't remember the last time I cried having to say goodbye...But, today I did choke back some tears (shhhh don't tell Alex. This will also be a test to see if he reads my blogs or not lol). It was just such a good weekend and my heart was overflowing with joy so some of that joy came out in the form of tears.

Tonight I'll be going to sleep with a smile on my face.

I hope you have something to smile about tonight too.

Just Julia.