Emily

Two thousand four hundred miles, and counting down.

Scratch this one

Boston. The bridge in the Public Garden, where you took this and made me stand in the cold for nine attempts at it.
Boston. The bridge in the Public Garden, where you took this and made me stand in the cold for nine attempts at it.

Until the airport

3523Days
14Hours
47Minutes
29Seconds

Together, on paper and otherwise

How we met

What I remember

You were arguing with the barista about whether a cortado can be large. You lost, took the large one anyway, and sat down at my table because every other one was wet. I had been about to leave. I did not leave.

How we met

What you remember

She says I was arguing. I was asking a question. She also says every other table was wet, which was true, and that she had been about to leave, which was not — she had a full cup and a book she was not reading.

Us, and us as somebody else

The same Tuesday, 1723, the newer photograph
A Tuesday in Boston, the older photograph
A Tuesday in Boston The same Tuesday, 1723
Drag the handle. It is the same photograph — you can see my hand on your shoulder and the ring you were not wearing yet.

And one more, in ink

And one more, in ink

Open when

Do you actually remember

Question 1 of 3

What did I order, the morning of the wet table?

The long version

  1. Twenty minutes, and then four hours.

What the messages say

Total messages184,20750 a day
Says the mostEmily96,118 messages
Busiest hour8pm1,611 messages

Between the two of you

  • Emily96,11852.2%
  • Daniel88,08947.8%
When the talking happens
Messages by hour of the day
12am112
1am61
2am28
3am14
4am6
5am4
6am9
7am148
8am402
9am611
10am588
11am734
12pm902
1pm811
2pm745
3pm690
4pm812
5pm1104
6pm1387
7pm1502
8pm1611
9pm1388
10pm902
11pm411

Said most

  1. landed4,118 times
  2. home3,902 times
  3. bakery2,611 times
  4. tired1,998 times
  5. March1,842 times

Sent most

  • 9,204 times
  • 3,881 times
  • 7,204 times

Our song, and it is not up for discussion

You put this on in the car on the way to the airport the first time, which was either very brave or very badly judged, and I have not been able to hear it since without checking where you are.

The jar

6 still folded up

You did this on the balcony of the second apartment, with actual petals, and the neighbor complained.

3524Days09Hours47Minutes29Seconds

Happy anniversary. Here is to the next ten, and to the year we finally live in the same zip code.

D