Absence Makes the Heart Grow Fonder
Randy is now in his 7th day of a 12 day trip to Asia (Taipei, Seoul, Singapore). I’m ready for him to return. If the airfare wasn’t so obscene (I think Randy’s company paid over $2,000) and if it wouldn’t have eaten up so many vacation days, I’d have tagged along.
Instead, I’m holding down the fort at home…and ready for his return. It’s true absence makes the heart grow fonder. He used to travel a lot for work so I would have to adapt to him not being around. In fact, there was a spell last fall where he traveled every single week in November and December (granted, some of that was personal, like our trip to Argentina, his Thanksgiving in Virginia, and our trip to California).
But over the past year, in his new position at work, he travels much less. In fact, I can’t recall a single trip more than one or two nights in length. So, with our 24/7 togetherness, I guess you take things for granted. But now that he’s gone, it’s easier to realize how much his presence makes a difference in my life. Yeah, it was kinda’ nice the first few nights to have the bed to myself.
But now? He can come home now.
I guess one of the other issues with traveling to Asia is the 14 hour time difference. It makes it difficult to chat/talk since he’s awake while I sleep, or I’m awake while he sleeps. That means we only have the ability to communicate in the morning from around 8AM – 10AM (which is 10PM to midnight for him) and 6PM to 8PM (which is 8AM to 10AM for him). Otherwise, one of us is either sleeping, or working. And even during those two inconvenient hours in the morning and evening, one of us is also busy either prepping for work, eating breakfast or dinner, or prepping for bed.
Fortunately, I managed to keep myself entertained this weekend. On Friday I continued the game night tradition with Chris, Pete, and Zack. On Saturday I went to the Cape to see my parents (and came back Sunday afternoon). I’ve got an electrion party tomorrow night and lunch with my cousin on Saturday. At some point, I’ll also have Scrabble night with Deano. This week should fly by in no time.
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Yes…I think I can relate to this “missing” priniple… here’s hoping your week flies right by!