Long Distance, No Date

So I met a young lady named Tara in December 2015 at my college alma mater’s football bowl game.  She was poised, beautiful, and seemed to be fun, but, most of all, she was a sports fan!  I was elated. We had great conversation during and after the game. We disclosed that neither of us lived in the local vicinity of the game:  she lives in Texas and I live in the Washington, DC metropolitan area. We, of course, exchanged numbers.   From day one, we would talk everyday for extended times either via text and/or phone call and occasionally via Skype.  I found out Tara is 5 years my…