Two Years.

Yesterday was Sel's and my anniversary. We've officially been together for two years. And in the process of this journey, I realized how few pictures the two of us actually take together. I think I have one picture from when he left for New Mexico for his 6 month stint there. A handful of pictures from when I visited him in New Mexico and we went hiking on the mountain trails. One picture from a football game when he got back from New Mexico. One at a dog show. One from last weekend when I was planning this post and adding pictures of the two of us. It's been two whole years, and I only have a few photos documenting the relationship. Perhaps I should get on that. But here's the two most recent photos of us.

At the dog show with the half-champion show dog

Forcing Sel to take a selfie with me randomly.

I wish I could say we did something special. We went to one of our favorite restaurants for lunch and shared a brownie skillet for dessert. Okay, I ate the brownie, Sel ate the ice cream. And then I hopped on the road for a few hours to get to Akron, OH. Home of the Zips... and the polymer engineering building where I will be living spending time for the next two weeks. Yes, you read that right. Two whole weeks-- without Sel and my burritos. Last night, I didn't have to fight for bed real estate. And frankly, it was a bit lonely. Luckily this isn't my first rodeo with UAkron, so I've established a friend group here. So there's that.

Will I survive? Stay tuned to find out...