For those of you who don't know, or that don't know much:
I have a girlfriend. :) Her name is Melissa. She graduated this past spring from Geneva College with a bachelors degree in Civil Engineering (yes, just like me). lol. Melissa and I spent two years roaming the Geneva Campus at the same time while not really noticing each other, but November of last year (1.5 years after i graduated, moved to Cleveland, OH and then moved again to NY) I found out that she was on the Student Steel Bridge Team (which interested me). I quickly found out that Melissa interested me more than steel bridges.....and well, it's pretty much history from there. We have been dating for 7 months now, and we have really been enjoying each other's company and such.
She is currently going to The University of New Hampshire (UNH). She is pursuing her masters in Environmental Engineering. Yes. New Hampshire is far away from Buffalo, NY. 543 miles to be exact. Even so, we have managed to see each other probably once every 2 to 3 weeks on average. We have gotten quite good at using lots of forms of communication including: email, IM, letters, phone, and even Video Chat. Personally, i think the 'In Person' form is the best. :)
Melissa's sister and brother-in-law (Michelle and Brad) live in Owego, NY which is like 3 hours from where i work in Ellicottville. They have been super nice in letting us hang out there on various weekends. It works out pretty well since it is somewhere in between where we both live....not really half way, but it definitely makes the drive for both of us better than the full 10.5 hours would be if we had to drive the whole way just to see each other. Brad and Michelle have 2 daughters. One (Alison) is like two years and a few months and the other (Kaylee) is something like 6 months. They are both QUITE cute and sometimes we get to 'babysit' them when we are there. :) I am really glad that God has blessed Melissa and me in this way. We have gotten to feel kind of at home there for the most part. To the extent that we will cook meals sometimes (mostly for fun, but i imagine that it helps out some too). Brad and Michelle are currently expecting their third child as well, so their house will be even busier come spring time.
Occasionally, airplane tickets are available from Buffalo to Boston for reasonable fares. For instance, I got a round trip, non-stop ticket for $130 for Labor Day weekend. Melissa's family is in Limington, ME and I got to spend the weekend with her and her family. They are very nice. Melissa has 6 siblings. She is the 3rd oldest, and the most recent to be 'out of the house'. So, there are 4 still at home. It was a nice weekend...We went wind surfing for the first time. I guess a guy from their church invited us all to go, so we went out to one of the bigger lakes in Maine and tried that out for an afternoon...harder than i thought, but still very fun.
Ok...until Next time.....
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