Are We Done Yet?

It's been a long, lonely week and I miss my Hubby.  When my Hubby began traveling for his job a couple years ago, he usually only had 2-4 trips per year, some of which we were able to make road-trips.  The travel policy at his company changed  and so Hubby's had to fly to almost all of his locations so that's hampered me from joining him more often than we'd like.  When he got his promotion over a year ago we knew his travel would increase and that it would be difficult, but neither of us had any idea just how difficult it would be.  Some weeks when he's away, particularly during the Abide season, I'm fine and do well with him gone.  This week is not one of those type of weeks.

The house just seems so empty and even though I have scads of things I could (and should) be doing, I find myself wandering around, restless and feeling somewhat lost.  I miss my best friend when he's not here!  I hate that I only get to talk to him if I'm lucky, 10 minutes a day.  Finally I'm on the same page with him and look forward to the day travel is a minimal part of his job.

Until then... I keep praying for him (and us) and pushing on with the things I've got to do here at home while he's away, like get the license plate stickers for the vehicles (my big "task" for the day today!).  I'll keep figuring out what God wants me to do with the time I've been given and hopefully more days than not, I'll actually accomplish those things.  I will revel in the brief moments I have my Honey home with me, making his time here a place of solace and refreshment.  That  means that I need to lift him up and not nag or say things about how much he's working.

It's a new dance we've been learning the past few years.  A dance that requires balance and patience.  A dance that sometimes has it's own "solo" parts... a dance in some ways we weren't fully prepared to dance.  My big question is though, Are we done yet?


Enough of that wallowing in self-pity tonight.  On to the 30 Day Photo Fun challenge.  Today is...

Day 8 ~ Sunset

Last Night's Sunset

Yesterday afternoon, while I was taking my Day 7 picture, I peeked ahead to today's photo challenge topic and thought that I'd better think ahead.  With the strange weather we've been having lately, I wasn't convinced  that if I left my shot for tonight, that I'd find a sunset and I was right.  Last night, while the sun was getting ready to hide behind the houses across the street, I grabbed the camera and took this shot.  I got a strange orange ball reflection somehow, but nevertheless, there is my sunset shot!