Missing Emily

About two weeks ago. I couldn't sleep at night. Tossed and turned, felt alone. Missed Emily. Knew that - if she would live around the corner - I would sms her 'are you still awake?' and hope to go over for tea at an insane hour. Tossed and turned more, no, really no sleep. So I got up and sent off a heartfelt email onto the dark digital highway towards a part of the world where the light would still be on by that time. Soon I got a long email back from Emily that ended with the sentence 'Hope to be drinking tea with you soon!' and that was it for me. If the Emily cannot come to Europe (law school seems like a good excuse to me), the Sanne will get herself to the States... and I did what I thought I would not really do: I bought that flight ticket to the States! Big grin! Yes, I pretty much ruined myself, but - d*mn - does it make me smile! How many days still until the 21st of December?