That's how many seconds are in 9 days.
Why 9 days? Well, excuse my mushiness, but that's when I get to see Robby again. He's been working the sugar beet harvest up in Idaho since the end of September, so I haven't seen him since September 26th.
It's been so rough. I miss him so much. It feels like part of me is missing. After we started dating back in May, we never went more than 2 weeks without seeing each other. Often times, we'd see each other every weekend. But now it's been more than 3 weeks since I've seen my best friend and I hate it.
At first, it started out ok. I missed him a lot (of course) but we'd text throughout the day. Then we'd both get home from work at about 5 and skype on and off until 9 when we could talk on the phone. We'd talk for a couple hours until bedtime and then first thing in the morning I'd get a text from him and the day would start again.
Then his hours started getting longer. Soon he couldn't get home until 9 so we'd talk at 9:30 or so. Then we'd still have an hour to talk before bedtime and we could still text during the day. But then, his phone broke.
We still talk every night (his sweet mom lets him borrow her phone), but he works so long and is so exhausted by the end of the night that he usually calls at about 10 and we talk for maybe a half hour before he starts to drift off. And we can't text at all during the day. But being the amazing guy that he is, he sends an email to my work every morning so I still feel a bit more connected to him during the day.
So, all things considered, it's been the best long distance relationship I've ever had. But still, I absolutely hate it! I miss him so much that sometimes if feels like someone has punched me in the stomach. And I can't wait until this horrible month is over and I get to see my best friend and love of my life again.
9 more days.
