Combining Households Before Marriage
Well, hive, the long-awaited day finally happened last Saturday. No, not the wedding, but Mr. Blue Moon’s graduation from college. It’s an exciting day for anyone regardless of the surrounding circumstances, but this day was especially special for us because it marked the day we would finally kiss long-distance goodbye and combine our households in the same state, and even the same city, for good!

With the happy graduate!

 Mr. Blue Moon’s lovely family
After the graduation ceremony was over, Mr. Blue Moon’s family took us to lunch. When we got back to campus, it was totally empty. My wonderful future in-laws helped us pack up Mr. Blue Moon’s dorm room (I won’t miss that place!), and we all said our goodbyes. While they headed back to our hometown in Tennessee, the two of us found ourselves on an empty campus where we spent four years, facing a five hour drive back to Mississippi, and no idea what to do next. Until this week, it’s just been me plugging along by myself, visiting Mr. Blue Moon when I can, and enjoying his visits to Mississippi. There has never been a period of time that we were together without dreading the day we’d have to be apart again. So it feels great to know that we are done with the long-distance thing forever.
Living together makes everything feel special, and I wasn’t expecting that. Even though we have been dating for six years, we’re having a great ...