Because they are awful. Vlad is finishing up his super-smart-computer work (seriously, it's some ridiculous Computer Science Engineering and Media Informatics) over in Bonn, Germany while I am still here in the states. We just got to vacation for 2 months stright together (I was there for one month and he was here for one month), and about 1 hour ago I just got back from taking him to the airport. It is always awful to say goodbye. This stretch is about 6 weeks - he plans on coming back for about a week in November. Then we will see eachother again for New Year's, and then in early March he will be back here to work on his 300 page Thesis. I'm just looking forward to March, but all of this is so hard. Any of you in similar situations- or have ever been? :sad2: