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Mike was gone all weekend. He went to Idaho for Jason's wedding.

After he left on Friday, I was talking to my mom and she asked what I was going to do all weekend without Mike. I had to kind of laugh. The stage of life Mike and I are in right now makes for rather lonely days for both of us.

He spends the whole day being a student, I spend the whole day being a homemaker. He usually comes home for dinner and then jumps right in to studying while I jump into bedtime routines and end-of-day cleaning. Then I start work and he studies. Some nights he studies for hours after I've gone to bed. There are days where it feels like I don't see him at all; there are days where I feel like we hardly get to talk to each other. So, for him to be gone for a couple of days didn't really seem like a big deal.

Still, when he left, I got a little teary-eyed. Partly because I wanted to go with him and see family and enjoy such a happy time with Jason and Sunshine, but more because I don't like being so far apart. I hadn't realized that I would be so lonely for him!

Being busy together is a whole lot different than being busy apart.

I missed being able to chat with him throughout the day. I missed the passing hugs. I missed him at dinner. I missed him at breakfast. I missed having him downstairs while I slept. I missed waking up to see him in bed. I missed knowing he was only about a 5 minute's drive away. I just missed him.

He's home now and I'm oh so glad. I have spent time today catching up with him like I would an old friend I hadn't seen in years. I have told him how good it is to have him...how very, very much I love him. I'm so happy we are married. I'm so happy we are busy in our life together. I'm so happy he is home.