And we start the countdown with 2 days to go...

Here I am, technically homeless, sitting in TJ's family's basement, living out of boxes for the almost-week I've been here. I couldn't be happier.
I am finally able to spend more than 1 week a month on the same side of the planet as TJ. Well, sort of. His very traditional grandmother is in town for a family member's wedding last Friday. She disapproves of this marriage between his cousin and her fiance because they had been living together before the wedding. So, even though I'm staying with TJ while at his parents house here, as long as the grandmother is unable to make it upstairs to realize this, we're letting her believe that I'm staying down the hall in a separate room from her grandson. She hasn't asked where we'll each be "separately living in Boston" yet. I wasn't sure we'd be able to get away with having her believe we're both moving out there for school at the same exact time, with both of our stuff packed into only his car, heading to the same very expensive city...and then not living in the same place. As long as she doesn't ask, I'm not gonna try to explain that one.

So we leave on Wednesday night/Thursday morning (12:30 a.m.) on a ferry bound for Michigan, then drive to Niagara Falls for an overnight break from driving. I've never been to the Falls so I'm really excited for the mini-stop to see it. Then, on exactly one year - to the date- before our wedding, we move into our summer sublease in Boston. Other than that whole "being able to afford it" thing, this is gonna be great!