720 more days.

*The mail ladys knows what you are looking for everyday in the mail and tells you if you got a letter or not.

*You check the mailbox four times a day.
*You take pictures with the intention of sending them to your missionary.

*You can't even hold your missionary in your dreams because somehow the mission rules creep into dreams as well.

*You check the weather for a city you don't even live in... everyday.
*You find yourself regretting every little "rude" thing you ever did to him.

*You check the news headlines for a city you can't go to.

*You know exactly how long it takes for your letters to be sent to your missionary!

*You also know exactly how long it takes for his letters to get to you!

*You know your missionary's address my heart, because you've sent him so many letters.

*You walk around walmart looking for cute package ideas to send him.

*Mothers day is right up there with Christmas now, even though you aren't a mother.

*If someone ever told you to learn patience you would freak out...if anyone knows patience... it's me.

*Here you are all grown up and you feel like you have, yet again, an imaginary boyfriend.

*You don't wear your favorite perfume cause it was also HIS favorite perfume...so you save it to spray on letters.

*You hold off 2 years on seeing a movie because you know that he would love to see it with you..

*You know exactly how long he has been gone, and exactly how long until he gets back.

*Calls and texts from his family get almost as exciting as calls from him.

*You find yourself wearing your hair the way your missionary likes it, even though he isn't around to enjoy it.

*You have a box full of letters, sitting in your room, and whenever you really miss your missionary you read them over and over again.

*Your desktop picture/cell phone wallpaper is pictures of both of you...or just him.

*You wonder if you'll ever have enough time or money to make up for two years worth of lost memories.

*Even your coworkers can tell what days you got a letter.

*You have at least 3 calendars and they all are counting down to the day when your missionary comes home.

*You buy stamps in bulk.

*Just hearing someone mention something about missionary work gets your complete attention.

*After you hit the one year mark, you subconciously begin planning your wedding.. looking at dresses, figuring out invitations.. ????

*You look for excuses to drive past the temple because it inspires you to keep holding on to him!

*The people at the post office recognize you and know you by name.

*If you go out and do things, sometimes just so you can tell your missionary you did them so he thinks you're doing alright...

*Every time something exciting happens you think, hmm.... I wish he was here.

*You are walking in the mall and you pass a tie rack.. somehow now your walking backwards to look at the ties and possibly buy one.

*The day after he leaves you decided you need to get in shape for when he gets back home.. hahaha.

*You have deep dislikement for anyone that laughed after you have told them you have a missionary.

*You plan out the outfit you'll wear when you finally get to see him again.

* You have your life planned out until that day in which he returns.. then you've got nothing but hope.

*You find yourself accidentally calling his number because you've dialed it so much.

*You have a gazillion countdown clocks on every imaginable place to put them.

*Not only do you have countdown clocks, but also count up clocks.

*Your room is filled with pictures of your missionary and some guys you don't know.

*Buying stamps is suddenly almost as exciting as buying new shoes.

*Your weeks no longer start on Sundays, they begin the day of the week he left, it helps you keep track of just how long he's been gone... Sometimes you wish you could get a calendar that starts on that day of the week too.

*You are one of the few girls who would rather NOT talk about her boyfriend to people you just meet because you know they are all pretty much going to tell you the same thing the last person said when you say they're gone on a mission, "you know, two years is a long time, a lot can happen...." etc... haha. (like we didn't know two years is a long time... sheesh)

*You now hate those firesides where the talk is all about getting married as soon as possible, but just go for refreshments and suffer through it.

*During the day you think about what you're going to write him in the next letter.

*You are constantly defending the fact that you have a boyfriend that you won't see for 2 years.

*If you run into the house squealing your family doesn't even ask- they already know why- you got a letter!

*You have a stuffed animal he gave you that you sleep with every night.

*You say things that only other girls waiting for a missionary would say and not think is absolutely ridiculous like "ONLY 720 more days left!"