San Antonio · TX ↔ Toronto · ON
Almanac · Year I · Carolina & D
11.05.2025  →  11.05.2026

An Almanac, Carolina.

one revolution. one year. one girl, kept in steady orbit, by one boy on the other side of the continent.

365 days, princess.

i. observations

the two dates.

first fix
2025 · 05 · 11 san antonio, tx · the day you said yes
present
2026 · 05 · 11 san antonio + toronto · one full orbit later
elapsed
365.25 d one revolution, sun-relative
distance
2,393 km held, every single day of it
status
still yours. stable orbit · no deviation logged
ii. one revolution

the orbit.

may · 2025
first observation. a yes that bent the year.

tap any month, my love.

iii. phases

how the year filled.

i · new

nothing visible. everything underway.

ii · waxing

first signs. small, certain.

iii · first qtr

balance. we built one.

iv · gibbous

the year, filling out.

v · full

lit. every part of it.

vi · waning

still bright. quieter.

vii · last qtr

halfway to home, both ways.

viii · crescent

before begins again.

iv. the letter

folded inside.

vi. the ephemeris

measurements, on paper.

D · observatory of one the carolina ephemeris recorded 11 . 05 . 2026
field value note
elapsed 365 d one revolution
distance held 2,393 km every single day
calls logged uncountable the good kind
voice notes a small archive filed, by me
photos sent more than once a day i still open each
laughs caused recorded, all my favourite metric
"i love you" overflow expected
promises kept all of them the ones that matter
days thinking of you 365 no exceptions logged
signed off and stamped, by the observer.
vii. field notes

one line from each month.

m.01 may · 25

first observation. a yes that bent the year.

m.02 jun · 25

the year began to lean toward us.

m.03 jul · 25

the first long stretch of distance held.

m.04 aug · 25

we learned each other's hours by heart.

m.05 sep · 25

the year cooled. nothing in us did.

m.06 oct · 25

the calls got longer. so did the silences i didn't mind.

m.07 nov · 25

we kept showing up. on time. every time.

m.08 dec · 25

first holiday apart. we built our own one anyway.

m.09 jan · 26

the year turned. we did not.

m.10 feb · 26

we counted the days. we still do.

m.11 mar · 26

almost three quarters of being only yours.

m.12 apr · 26

the year folded toward today, on purpose.

m.00 may · 26

the orbit closes. begin again, with me.

viii. a constellation

privately named.

α car β γ δ ε ζ η RA 09H 30M · DEC -54° 11′
Carolina, an asterism in seven points.
designation · 2025 ddd. 01 · observer: D
ix. the north star

year two.

second orbit, same hand.
i pick you again, princess.

heading set · 11 . 05 . 2026

x. observation no. 365

recorded for you.

a placeholder reel, my love. the real one is coming.

a full revolution, princess.
and i'd run it again tomorrow.

with all of it, on the year mark, Your Nerd

11 . 05 . 2026 · san antonio ↔ toronto