on monday, july 19th, after i got back to new york from my weekend in DC (i took megabus, which is definitely my top-recommended way to get between the two cities), justin met me at the smith-9th streets subway station with his friend josh's vehicle, because it was easier to drive my big backpack and my other two bags than carry them. that night, like every night (unless i mention otherwise), we just ate at fairway and hung out at justin's and fell more in love.
on tuesday the 20th, i got a hold of emily (who had been in turkey for a ukrainian dance tour for three weeks), and got her permission to change our flights from miami (where we had planned to meet during the last week of july and vacation there together for a week) to new york, so i could stay with justin for almost two full weeks and she could meet him. justin and i also had a super fun shopping date at home depot, where justin bought a bunch of stuff for the studio.
on wednesday the 21st, we went to ikea (which is, like, 10 blocks from justin's) to buy hangers and a pillow for me to use at his house. we also shared some surprisingly delicious torte there.
on thursday the 22nd, we were hanging out on justin's bed and talking about indian food. i was talking about how much i love butter chicken, and in the middle of it, justin said, "i fucking love you." and that's how it happened. that was the 10th day we were together. (i mean, the 10th day we were physically present. we have sort of been keeping track of our relationship in terms of the days we've spent in each other's physical presence. on those days, we usually tend to be with each other for about 22 hours out of the day.)
in the afternoon we went to ikea park to try to fly justin's kite. it wasn't so successful, but it was fun and colourful. we also went for butter
chicken and AMAZING samosas later at kinara.
