It's getting better all the time.

Good Song.. also so true about Dan being gone! I want to say that time has just flown, but really it hasn't. Maybe in the last week it has, but before that I felt like he was gone for ages when it was only a week! :(

Things are getting a lot better here. I am beginning to deal with being alone and how to cook and fend for myself and only myself. I'm trying to get back into a work out routine. That will make me feel like myself again. I went to the gym yesterday and today so I'm feeling pretty good!

I get to talk to Dan pretty regularly. As I said before, I talk to him for about 45 minutes before I go to work and then when I get off work for about 30 minutes. Then at night, I email me about the goings-on while I am here. If he is not busy, he can email me back and he usually does!

It's been kind of nice at night... usually I'm dead tired around 10 o'clock but when he was here I tried to not fall asleep because he called me an old woman. But now that he is not here, I am off to bed between 10 and 1030 every night! It's very nice considering I get up early to talk to him anyway.

I'm trying to stay busy. I am making a t-shirt quilt. It's coming along pretty nicely. I'll post pictures when it is finished. My parents are coming to visit this weekend!!! Boy am I glad to see them! Then I'll be pretty busy for April. We have my friend Rachel's wedding shower and Easter which seems far but I'm sure will sneak up on me. Then in May I am going home for the Flying Pig Marathon and going up to Virginia for Rachel's wedding!!! Pretty soon it will be June and he will be home in a month!

Here's to staying positive! Until next time....

Over a week!

Well it's been over a week since Dan left. The first couple of days were good. I felt good and I was very positive.. Well that turned for the worse on Friday. I woke up and had a horrible morning. You know, everything that could go wrong, did! Sucky.

Last Friday, I finally realized that Dan was not coming home for a while and I just felt so very alone. I was depressed ALLLL weekend. I didn't eat and didn't want to do anything. You know those depression commercials.. "when you don't enjoy the things you used to enjoy"... yeah that was me. The weekends are so welcome, but that first weekend was lonely. There was nothing for me to do except think about him...

But... I finally came around! I feel SOOO much better.. I am able to eat again and I feel way more like myself that I did this weekend. So I'm glad I am feeling better and I have this positive outlook that will hopefully get me through the next few months.

I have a few things planned this weekend.. The Cherry Blossom Festival started today, so I will be going to that this weekend. I am also making a t-shirt quilt, which will probably take up most of my time. Then there is always painting the trim of the house.. which I will put off until last because I do NOT want to do that. I hope to stay busy and not think about it for a while!

Until next time...    :)

Day 1

Well it's the day after Dan left. Tuesday was pretty rough. I was all emotional basically the whole day. We got to the airport at 1045 (flight at 1330) to check his bags. The man at the counter was nice enough to give me a Gate Pass so I could go through security with him to his gate! :) He said they usually don't let others through be I guess maybe he felt bad for me. LOL.

We ate lunch in the airport and then just hung out at the gate. Then came the hard part. His flight was boarding and he had to go, so of course I was bawling my eyes out and about to go in the corner and lie in the fetal position. But when we went up to check in, the lady scanning the tickets said he could spend a few more minutes with me and they upgraded him to first class! YAY!!! For him and me! I am grateful for the extra minutes, but it was so hard saying goodbye. But I did and then I got myself home (barely) and then was a train wreck the rest of the night. But I survived!

Today
Today was MUCH MUCH MUCH better than yesterday. Sure I still really miss him (and I will everyday) but I just need to get on with it. If I spend my days thinking about him and nothing else, these 4 months are going to move extremely sloooowww.

I talked with Dan first thing this morning. His flight had to make 2 stops until it reached it's final destination. He sent me a google chat at 630 this AM and I was so lucky to get it! It literally made me smile ALLL day. Becuase I knew he was safe and also because I got to talk to him before work! Being at work made it easier. It kept my mind off of things. THEN at lunch he google chatted me AGAIN! Boy was I lucky today! He was at his 2nd stop and I talked with him until he had to board the plane! That made my day pretty good!

I haven't heard from him since, but Raquel (the person he is replacing) said his plane landed and he is safe! So I'm hoping to talk with him maybe tomorrow morning if he is not working. It's kinda hairy right now because I'm not sure when he will be available these first few days!

Just know he is safe and I will be updating all of my readers with information on his journey and my journey here! Until next time! :)

(sorry this was so long)

Saying Goodbye

So this will be pretty short and to the point.

The time has come. Dan is finally leaving.... I've been putting off the inevitable for a while but it's time to face it. I have to drop him off at the airport on Tuesday. His flight is at 1 or 1:30. I am trying to spend these last few days with him and not doing much else.

He is working on finishing our new bed he is building so when he finally does, I'll post some pictures on here. I tell ya, I'm not sure how I will manage to do things around here without him. He's so handy!! But I've got to learn!

I am doing okay right now, but know I will most likely be a hot, hot mess on Tuesday. I will update again after he leaves and hopefully periodically while he is gone so you guys can keep up with what he is doing!

Until next time...