*hugsback* Oh, it will be better, it'll be much better. You'll be together, and that will make a huge difference. And you'll have tons of lovely friends nearby who can hopefully come visit you and things, and send cookies and pasta and music so you feel less poor. And there will be new and wonderful memories.

But it is an opportunity, not a magic fix-it, so that means it'll require work and effort. I know you know that really, I just always have to play voice of reason. =)