Hubby's going to the country this weekend, and I'm kind of looking forward to it. I didn't want him to go last weekend. The every other weekend thing is too much, but once a month or so is fine.

He had a job several years ago which involved a lot of travel, and I mean a lot. He would be gone for weeks at a time. His company was somewhat understanding, and any time he was gone for 3 weeks or more, they'd fly him home for the weekend. A couple of times they flew me to him--once he was in Savannah, and I got to stay with him there over Labor Day weekend. I loved it there, and would love to be there at Christmas time, I'm sure it would be beautiful. The separation from hubby was awful, though. I don't know how military wives, truckers' wives, etc. do it. The second year he was working for the company, he wasn't home for Thanksgiving. We might have wound up divorced if he'd stayed there. He was making good money, but it certainly wasn't worth it.

When he quit (or was fired, depending on his telling of the story), things changed. He was home all of the time. He didn't work for awhile, then he started his business. He usually leaves for work after I do and is home before me, so I don't get the house to myself very often. I like solitude, just not too much of it. So, some of these weekends are pretty nice.