It was also our one-year anniversary, and I asked Jo to wear the Oxford-blue dress she wore on our first date. I had spent weeks putting the evening together, and she had no idea what we were doing, other than taking some photos of the event. “I got some really great news this afternoon,” she said as we drove from her house downtown. “Yeah, what’s that?” “I won a scholarship to study at Oxford this summer!” “Oxford? Really? I didn’t know you were applying to Oxford.” “Well, I don’t have any plans to get my degree at Oxford, but mom and I have been applying to any scholarships we could find, and this was on the list so we figured, why not? I don’t think either of us thought that I’d actually get it.” “How long would you be gone?” “Three months,” she replied looking unsure how I would respond. “Is that okay?” There goes another summer together. “I turned to her and smiled. Of course it is. You don’t have to ask me that. So, what’s involved?
