/u/highavailability and I have gotten into the habit of having two standing phone dates everyday during our commutes. We live in different time zones, but I work an early shift so it works out well. I’ve never been much of a phone talker, but since we began this cross country romance, HA and I have developed the habits of 14 yr old girls. Previously, the most minutes I’d spent on the phone in a month was 500. Now, I’m averaging about 2200 min/month. Thank goodness for unlimited talk time.
So Thursday morning, I’m talking to HA as usual. I’m already at work, but he’s still driving and stuck in traffic. We’re lamenting about how much we miss each other because there’s still two long weeks until our next scheduled meet-up. He says, “maybe I should just ditch work and hop on a flight to you.” I laugh and say “yeah, we should start playing the lottery. Maybe one of us will win and we’ll be able to afford to just fly back and forth on a whim.” We kept chatting, and out of curiosity, I decide to pull up flight info just to see how much this crazy idea would cost. I find an incredible deal, but I’m still not completely sure if HA was serious about this idea. The conversation goes something like this: