A week ago (published Tuesday), I wrote:

The hardest part, I think, is being far away from my girlfriend. … She’s going to visit in July, as a birthday gift from her parents.

But then my mom sent me an e-mail about a sale on flights, which I duly forwarded. Then at 9am on June 5th, I received this text message:

How’s this for a visit: June 10th to 16th?

Hmm, let me think about that… I sent back another message to make sure she didn’t mean July, and she said yes. So I replied with the only acceptable answer: that would be fantastic! The final booking is for her to arrive tomorrow morning at 9:30am local time, so I’ll be taking a shuttle to the airport in the morning.

So instead of writing more tumblr posts tomorrow, I’ll be spending time with my beloved. If she’s feeling tired, I might do both of those things at the same time. Anyway, figured y'all Internet folks should know. We’ll be borrowing bikes from some of my colleagues (both of whom said “I really should use my bike more often, but you can borrow it for a week”) and seeing the sights. I’ve got permission to work half-days next week, and there’s some room at the office for her to work on her own stuff.

I’ll put up a list of stuff we did around the city when all’s said and done, assuming we actually do anything. Most people I’ve asked have only been able to think of one or two things to do here, so the least I can do is show that there are, in fact, options.