I always thought I'd avoid getting into a long distance relationship, but I've found myself to be in one at the moment. It didn't start as one, rather it's just a temporary situation. We just started dating recently, near the end of my time in school and went off to New Orleans on a volunteer trip with several of my best friends right after the semester ended, spending most every moment together for a few days and loving it as the relationship developed very quickly.
We'd gone to the same school and since I just graduated this semester I'm back at my parents' home for about three months to help my dad recover from his stroke and then I plan on moving back to Chapel Hill so it will no longer be a Long Distance Relationship.
In the meantime, I plan on visiting Elle (pronounced Ellie) every couple weeks, calling daily and mailing letters to each other regularly. The letters provide us with a physical connection while we're apart, as it's something the other person wrote by hand which we can touch and hold, making it much more romantic than a simple email. Also, since I couldn't physically wake up with her in my arms this morning, I dreamt of doing so and woke up with the memory fresh in my mind
Even now I find myself dreaming up little things I can do, meals I can prepare when I'm visiting at her apartment, little weekend excursions we can go on and so on. Such planning is quite fun.