And I couldn't be happier about it.

congrats man.

thank you, sir. its a good thing all around.

best of luck, speaking from experience it can be a great thing!

Oooooh, exciting!

@machined: thanks. i'm hoping that's how it turns out. it certainly feels like a great thing

@sal: it really is. getting through the next 19 days is going to be nerve wracking. but my apartment is going to be so damn clean.

oooh!  aren't we skipping a step here, though?  are you at all nervous about going from spending little time together to spending almost all the time together? exciting!

what are you most looking forward to, and what (if anything) are you most apprehensive about?

congrats!

@le_sacre: well, we spend most of the day talking on skype as it is, so we do spend a lot of time together. its just not...in person. which i know isn't the same, but its a step, you know?

the reason the step is getting skipped is that her moving her and getting her own place would be a ridiculous waste of money, really.

im most looking forward to the sort of mundane things. going grocery shopping with her, watching tv on the couch with her, along with the physical closeness stuff obviously.

most worried about? i'm not sure. i mean, theres the general worry that things wont work out, but thats a pretty baseline worry. i suppose i'm worried that she'll hate chicago and want to leave immediately and that that would put a big ol' strain on the relationship

and im not nervous about the time thing at all. we have similar opinions on how to spend our time and i think we'll go together well