Missing my Christopher

My Christopher and I left Grass Valley around 4am Saturday morning and got to my dad's, just south of Portland, around 1pm. We lolled about watching football most of Sunday and then I had to drive my Christopher to the airport where he flew back to California.

Separation will make us really "appreciate" each other and really "value" the time we do have together and "make our relationship stronger" and blah, blah, blah, blah, blah. I already actively appreciate my Christopher deeply and tell him so constantly. He does the same for me. We also already make a point of doing fun things together and valuing the time we get together (even if it was a luxurious six out of seven days.) I don't need a 500-mile gulf to give us these things.
I have a bit more trouble combating the argument about it making our relationship stronger. It isn't weak, but it also hasn't ever been tested by any challenges or difficulties really. So maybe it will be good in that it will make it stronger. I really don't like this being far apart thing AT ALL though. I'll make the best of it, as always, and try to gain what we can from it, but I want to make it clear to all that this is not ideal and that it actually rather sucks.