This is the time where I’m supposed to tell you that my first week with my husband out of town was fantastic. Or perhaps I can be real and tell you it sucked. Hmmm…. oh, okay. I’ll be real.
I thought I would be fine with Henry leaving for the week. For Pete’s sake, he is coming back on the weekends. But I cried the first three days he was gone. THREE DAYS!
And let’s not even talk about sleeping. The first night I had intense dreams, I was either being held up by gunpoint or I was a soldier in battle. Either way there were guns pointed my way and I was trying to act fast. I woke up with a sore jaw from gritting my teeth.
The second night I had the worst time falling asleep even though I was tired all day. So it was well passed my bedtime by the time I dozed off.
The third night was victory. I was so exhausted I fell asleep the moment my head hit the pillow.
Aside from Henry being gone, I’m also trying to get our house ready to go on the market. A stager came on Tuesday and gave me six sheets of items to move, remove, buy, hang, unhem and iron, etc, etc,…. talk about a “To Do” list. I am spending every extra moment doing something on the list, sometimes with the kids playing around me. Henry will move all the furniture on the list this weekend with a friend. I know my limits! Closets and decluttering take place next week. Agh! Thank goodness I’m not a clutter bug.
There is good news though. Henry is coming home tonight. Hopefully at a decent hour. That’s the plan anyway. I can’t wait to see him. We talk every night, but it will be nice to feel him. He’s warm and cuddly. And I love him.
(c) 2016 Leighann Marquiss
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Good luck, Leighann. I know how hard it is, being the one left behind to manage the day-to-day as well as get things organized for selling and moving. I’m sure Henry is doing his share as well, and that you’re giving him the time he needs to get acclimated to his new job (no small task, either). It’s a strain all around, but you will get through it. Call if we can help, OK?
Sounds just like the life of a military wife. Mark travels A LOT, ususally the first 2-3 nights I can’t sleep well.
Keeping very busy with the kids and tasks helps to keep the tears at bay.
Praying this gets easier for you until you move.
I can’t imagine doing it with 3 kids but I have one and my husband does have some weeks where he’s gone more days than he’s home. If you guys have the ability then I’d suggest trying to Skype. Maybe he has a work computer and you guys have your home one. We didn’t do this for a while since our daughter was little, but now she’s almost 3 and even if I’m doing things around them while they talk for 15 mins and she’s eating dinner just hearing each others voices and seeing each other like that is a help. Just an idea that’s helped us so I thought I’d pass it along. Oh, and we do it every other night or so… it’s just not always feasible every night with baths and such 🙂 It does get easier, some what. Or at least it has for me. Hope it does for you too… hugs!
Well bless your heart! I can’t handle it when my hubby is on a trip without me either. I find it hard to sleep.
I know it is NOT fun to move…but even more frustrating getting the house ready to show…and also keeping it tidy all of the time. (We did it 4 years ago). It was hard enough for the two of us…but I know it is harder with little kids around. (We did that plenty of times through the years)
After all of the HGTV I have watched, I think it would be fun to be a stager. I hope it works well for you and you can sell quickly.
Prayers going up on your behalf Leighann.
Love, Linda