Got The Blues...

Well, Vanessa left this morning. It was a very tearfull parting, but I stayed strong for her. She cried as she got into the cab and left my side for only the second time in our relationship (if you don't count leave or family emergencies).
Rather than focus on how sad I am, though, I'd like to remember the great time we had together her in Korea.

We went white water rafting (and drank polluted river water), we spent the day at a really nice amusement park, we got to walk around a little shopping town and haggle for knock-off products, we watched a really BAD movie, but made up for it by watching a really good one, we got to eat at her favorite restaraunts (even though the food was sub-par), we talked, joked, laughed, cried, slept, ate, and spent every moment we could with each other. I had to work, so she spent her days sleeping in, workin gon school stuff, and making new friends with the people in my house. In just three days, she made more friends here than I have in my two months.
Mostly, we sat or laid in bed watching tv or movies, or not watching anything at all, just being with each other. That is the most important thing, and was the most enjoyable. Don't get me wrong, I need her to get me out of my rut of going to work, and then back home, without leaving the base at all, but I really liked having her here, just to be with me.
I'm truly in Love, you see, and to be with that one special person that makes all the badness go away, and can bring a rainbow to even the gloomiest of days, that's worth more than all the gold in the world. Vanessa does that for me. I'm so blessed that she's in my life, and I know I'll never take that for granted. I know how lucky I am to have her, and I want to let her know that every single day.
So if you're reading this, yes, I'm a little sad (and a little sick - flu), but I know I'll be fine. Besides, I'll be seeing her again very soon!

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Work is great right now. A shoot I was supposed to do today got rained out, and our computer system is down AFN-wide, so I've been sitting at my desk doing nothing for 3 hours now. I'mupset that I had to come in this morning, because I could have spent that time with Vanessa.