I have had the honor of spending some very quality time with my most amazing girlfriend. I know I would survive winter if I didn't have her, but it would be significantly more difficult, unpleasant, and lonely. She helps me smile through the greyness, and I can only hope that I come slightly close to doing the same for her.
Last week, I ventured with her down to Athens, OH... a place far too familiar for her and barely familiar at all to me. I, of course, was quite anxious about the whole ordeal; meeting her friends, ex, etc... socialization in general. My fears, however, dissolved away the moment I realized how happy she was with her friends, how happy she was with me, and how happy she was to be sharing both things at the same time. It was a magical couple of days. Truly magical. The Avett Brothers concert was definitely the highlight (see video below, taken at the show we were at). Indescribable, really.
Thank you to Jae and to Athens for the following spectacular moments: The Avett Brothers, Passion Works Studio, Casa Nueva, Purple Chopstix, Jason Presutti, Crazy Sean, Chandra, Baby Maxwell, the Holiday Inn hot tub, Jackie-O's rye stout, vintage shops with fedoras and argyle sweater tights, watching the olympics while cuddling in a king size bed, falling in love over and over and over and over, and seeing the lake even though it was frozen and we had to run back to the car before we froze with it.
And, despite the suffocating winter depression I am experiencing and my desperate wish for warmth and sun, I still think, "I am so damn lucky to have such beautiful things in my life!" So when I get asked what I want for my birthday, all I can respond with is, "aside from warmth and sunshine, I have everything I could ever want."
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