Enter the era of Facetime, being long distance had their highs and lows but Anna and Ben were dedicated to see each other as often as they could. The longest they ever went was three months apart. They got comfortable sleeping on an air mattress in Anna's childhood living room, learned the spotty areas of service while Ben drove home from work on 140, attended four New Year's Eve parties in one night so Ben could see all of their college friends, and discovered the best rest stops while traveling from Vermont to Long Island and back. 

During this time, Anna (after three attempts) became a board certified Music Therapist, adopted her tabby cat, Billy, and moved into the Linden House for a month and then into 201 with her college friend, new friend via a Craigslist ad Gabby and Gabby's cat Tiffany. While visiting, Ben needed to help Anna break into her apartment, not once but two times because of forgetting her keys. Ben continued to work at his beloved childhood camp, Camp Downer, and outside of camp season worked at Neurofeed Back Clinic and The Emporium on the weekends. He took over his boss's clinic in Willimgton, NC while she was on vacation and busked for the first time. His love for Asheville, NC grew and proposed the eventual idea to Anna. They are still hoping to move to North Carolina.