You stretch out your body, releasing the tension and stress built up as you lean back onto the towel you brought. You connect your phone to the blue speaker, just like the one I had last time we were here. You decided to turn on a playlist of our songs and click shuffle. “Far away” by Nickleback comes on. You can feel the crisp ocean breeze hitting your face, as the sun is slowly setting just the way you like it. You thought it was a little odd when you pulled into the beach at Carlsbad and nobody else was there on such a quiet day, but you didn’t mind. “It’s peaceful and relaxing”, you thought. You’re feeling a little down because I had to go back to the ship, and you haven’t heard from me in a few days. You knew I was on my way home, and the thought of that made you excited beyond belief, but you still had a twinge of pain thinking about how you don’t know how long it will be until I’m actually arrive, so you decided to come to the place where I first asked you to be my girlfriend.