We randomly met one crazy night in New Brunswick in Aug 07... him from Michigan me from Montreal....6months later we both moved to reduce the 12hr (Detroit-Montreal) distance down to 2hr (Mississauga-Buffalo) we have seen each other every weekend (minus one bachelor party :p) ever since!
well goodluck in having the timing work out its really tough...I havent even thought of doing a masters becasue I was afraid the visa would be approved right in teh middle of it...