Oh hey, btw...

Kitten and I are still going strong.  Can you believe it?  I have a girlfriend!

I'm going to say that this, really, is the first real girlfriend I've had since high school.  Not to say I haven't kissed a girl since then, but this is the first girl who seems inclined to stick around longer than for a quick peck or flirt.  And although I called her my girlfriend at the time, I'm pretty certain she wasn't as serious about it as I was.  Kitten is the first one that I think will last for a while.  Two months thus far?  Hell, she's already lasted longer than any other female I've dallied with.  Even Lady.
That's not to say there aren't snags.  I've struggled with the knowledge that I'm not the only one in her life.  Her guy, whom I've decided to name Mr.B, is still the focus.  And that's the way it should be.  I have Alpha too, after all.  And we are at different points in our life.  I'm out of school, working a grown-up job; she's still in school, and working in a shop.  It's difficult for me, because it does limit the time she is able to spend with me.  And I don't know how she balances it all.  On class days, she's busy until 11pm, and on work days, until 8pm.  Combine that with an hour's commute back and forth to her home each day, and the fact that she lives with Mr.B on the weekends.  He lives in another town, so she doesn't get to see him during the week.  I have to respect that, though I do occasionally whine about it.

I've told her - yes, I am going to bitch about it some days.  And the longer I go without seeing her, the more I'm inclined to whine.  But I know that it is okay.  I know that ultimately, we work.  And the powers that be blessed me with Alpha as well, who has been incredibly, infinitely patient with me.  He and Kitten are my best friends, so he hears about Kitten a lot, and vice versa.  I hear a lot about Mr.B, too.

Really, this post was supposed to be about her.  Mainly this week.  You see, recently, we've only been able to get together on Thursday nights.  We eat dinner, watch a movie - a total of about two hours together before she has to leave.  It's rough.  But this week - I'm floating, delirious.  She finished a class early on Monday, and I finished work, so we met for a cup of coffee and a few moments to ourselves.  Then, her class was having an open house/presentation thing on Tuesday, so I was able to see her then.  And yesterday, she brought her things and spent the night.  We had dinner, watched a movie, snuggled, and then I went to bed, and she slept on the couch.  But she was still there when I woke.  We were able to actually spend a bit together this morning, too, before we departed to our respective work places.  And I had very little work today, so I finished fairly early.  We were texting, and decided that the best way to finish off the week was to eat lunch together.  So I went over to her shop and we ate sandwiches on the display cases.

It was unreal, and unspeakably lovely.  I feel like time spent together is the most important component in any budding relationship, and it was so nice to really have some time devoted to each other.  Texting all day is fine, but it's simply not the same.

Tonight, she's off to see Mr.B.  I won't see her again until perhaps Tuesday.  I won't speak to her again until Sunday, at the least.  (We agreed that Saturdays should be devoted to our men.)  Is it sappy to say that I can't wait to see her again?  Particularly considering that Tuesday is Valentine's?  She says Valentine's isn't really a big deal, but its still important to me.