Big sigh of Relief

Just moments after finally getting to send in the second and final part to our application! After almost one and a half year's wait we finally got to do it, today! It was so important to us we interrupted out vacation just to get this done. Now we cross our fingers that this will go by fast, painless and smooth. Celebrating with bubbly tonight <3

Big Kisses of Appreciation!

Hello Hanna <3

I have been wanting to post for awhile. 

Lately I have been caught up in my own life: 

trying to be able to provide a little more for myself,

trying to gain more knowledge,

trying to lose a little bit of weight,

and the list goes on (but not too much ;)).

As you finished your first night shift, I missed you lots 

and I had been wondering where you might have been only to find out

that you had been working.

I appreciate you so much for all you do and I know all of this is

just temporary and that this time won't be for nothing.

I know you're working for us at the moment

and I am very thankful for it. There is no truer

love than that which comes from your heart and no

strong mind than the one inside you head that I know of.

I am constantly surprised by your love and your abilities.

For that, I am with no bounds very very lucky and motivated

by you.

I'm trying hard to push our path forward as well with

motivation from your love and willpower. I know we will

see each other soon and we'll see much better days together.

I love you always,

Daveyloba <3 <3

Happy birthday to my sweetheart

I wish you love and light on your birthday, my love. I hope they will give you everything your heart desire. Even though I'm not able to be there I'm celebrating for you, on this half of the globe, too. Jag älskar dig och önskar dig den bästa dagen. Stora kramar och pussar 💝💝💝

A day for thoughts of love

Hello Hanna <3

I just want to write a little bit and share some thoughts of love. Firstly I am so grateful for the time we spent together today. I felt loved and even though we're far away, we are still so romantic <3 I feel it and I know you feel it too <3 

Sometimes these days without you feel like segments of time blended together where they no better than a blur; because I long to be by your side: if I am to work, I want to work tirelessly and come home to you, if I am to succeed, I want to tell you first of my successes, if I am to tell a joke, the laugh I want to hear is yours. For there is no better smile, no better voice, no better company, no better love than yours.

You're the definition of what love is and I love that you make me feel great about myself, because often times I haven't convinced myself that I am yet. I hope to make you feel great because to me, you're priceless. You are everything I ever need in life. My love for you is a well that will never run dry, a jungle that will always be lively, a beach where the sun will always shine, and like magic without the spell. I'm convinced that there is no greater feeling than to be in love with you and no greater purpose than to love you. I know that we're going to build loving memories as countless as the stars and with each as significant as the last.

I love you so so so so much <3 <3 <3

Happy Valentine's Day <3 

-David

Smiling Big!

Hello Hanna <3_<3,

Yesterday I saw The Green Book and there are scenes in the movie that related well to a LDR. There is this scene where one of the lead males--Tony, is writing letters to his wife; this is because he had to go on tour with Don Shirley--a classical pianist, for 2 months. Well Don Shirley helps Tony write letters, because most of this letters sounded like,

"Dear Dolores, 

Today I ate eggs and ham for breakfast. I am now at a dinner in Kentucky,..." the rest is everyday activity stuff. Then Don helps him write a more elegant letter to help Tony express his love for his wife. This all reminds me of how we try to stay communicated while we are faraway and how fortunate we are to have technology to be able to reach each other at any second :) I wanted chance a to express myself a little more elegantly as well in this post.

I just wanted you to know that I saw rainbows today and they reminded me of you.

You're beautiful and are a wonder to me 

Just like the rainbow I saw

You're a wonderful sight every time you appear

Just like a rainbow every time it rains

Though I can't reach you in this moment

Like I can never find the end of a rainbow

In a few months I'll see the end of this journey and I'll be smiling big!

Because we'll be together again :)

I hope you enjoyed this! I thought it was something different haha :*

Tonight I'll be studying Swedish with Anthony so that's going to be pretty cool. I'm hoping to stick to meeting him weekly so that we could make lots of improvements together. 

I hope you have a great week and I love you the most <3

Your boba,

David <3

Feeling a spark of positivity

My dear love,
For a long time I have viewed our VISA situation as hopeless and crappy, which for at least some part it has been. But yesterday I managed to apply for 4 jobs, and today I had a phone meeting with a consultant at Arbetsförmedlingen and even though I haven't gotten a response from any employers yet I felt a bit more positive about things. I met with Mikaela and we spoke about Functional Medicine and shared tips on how to deal with a LDR (Long Distance Relationship) and then I had a nice pizza dinner at Vezzo with Lovisa.

On the bus to town to meet Lovisa I overheard some new med-students talking about medschool and I got jealous of them but inspired and excited at the same time! I felt in my gut that I am slowly but surely taking the baby steps towards my dream, especially since I registered to do högskoleprovet yesterday as well! All the meetings with caring friends also really did alot for me today.

 After the dinner with Lovisa I felt energetic enough to walk to Aksel's place, where I'm sleeping. On the walk here it was -8C but I didn't mind. Just taking my time walking through town, looking into people's houses (not in a creepy way) and just imagining about our own place once we finally reach that goal, whenever it'll be. And it feels like such a relief because I haven't really allowed myself to be positive about it all in quite a while, so feeling the light emotions of ease flow through my chest was a welcome, and sorely missed sensation.

We'll figure things out, if we just have the patience and positivity to have faith and see everything through. I learnt a quote yesterday when looking into högskoleprovet which kind of resonated with me, so I thought I'd share it here, with you. It goes:

"The night is darkest just before the dawn. And I promise you, the dawn is coming." 
-The dark Knight, 2008

To me, it pinpoints that the "downs" that inevitably come our way through the course of our lives and seems like it'll consume us whole is just temporary. And it's comforting because even though you know it's just a phase and that it won't always be so hard, it can be hard to imagine at times. That's why the promise of a "new dawn" can  bring so much joy to the heart and so much strength to the spirit.

I had a good day today, and I really wish the same for you. I'm thinking about you a lot and missing you, but I know also that "our dawn" is coming, hopefully maybe even sooner than we might think.

I love you,
Hanna ❤️

After week one

Hello Hanna <3 
Week one had been a little rough on me. As you know I've been sick with a cold and I started school and I've been catching up with friends--you could also say it has been quite eventful. I've been trying to stay productive. My mom just came back and I had dinner with her, my grandma, my aunt, and uncle. It was alright. I'm glad I got to spend a lot of time with Keith and Zack this weekend though. It was especially nice.

    Our distance makes feel more romantic such as wanting to spend more than an hour to figure out what our log in to this account so I can feel closer to you. It makes me want to download Snapchat so I could snap you. I'm glad you made up your mind about staying or leaving though. :) I'll be with you every step of the way and I know you'll have a great time home and that you're giving your family and friends much needed time. I should be done with my semester on May 16th which is less than 4 months away. By then, I am planning to see you again. <3 I hope you have a great day and I hope you're happy to see this blog alive again :*

Your bobaloba,

Dave :)

P.S. What do you want me to do with all your mail? Want a picture of every page? I guess you would :p
I'm just wondering I guess ;)