The bad thing about setting the alarm to wake up at 2:00 AM to check on the progress of the weekend migration (work) is that it's difficult to get back to sleep.
It occurred to me tonight that my relationship with Ding has surpassed my longest romantic relationship by nearly 2 years. The only relationships I've had longer are with friends made in college and with my family.
I've been trying to focus on memories of Ding rather than the uncertain future. With work stuff going on this weekend, I'd rather not lose my ability to focus. All the same, not having Ding here right now does keep popping into my mind. For instance, I just watched a video on YouTube and my first thought was that if Ding were here, I'd need to turn the volume down or he'd wake up & come downstairs because he'd know I was awake.
I find myself now going back and forth between this post and updating his profile on Dogbook/Facebook. I'll probably upload more pictures there, if only to try to get them in one spot that I can give to John. He mentioned last night that he has no pictures of Ding, a situation that should be rectified.
In other news, I can't get It's Raining Men to stop playing in my mind.