Separation

The last week or so has been fairly crazy around here-- a lot of cleaning, a lot of activities, errands, and definitely a lot of time spent together. My wife is going to D.C. for four months to do an externship at the Department of Justice. She'll be leaving this week, and returning in early December.

While we've been apart before, I have never really liked it, and I'm not looking forward to this particular separation. We're more or less broke, so making visits to DC or home will be difficult, if not impossible, and I just don't like being apart. Whiny, whiny me...

So we've been filling up our days going to museums, going shopping, eating out, spending lots of time together... just basically enjoying each other's company. We've also gone out to dinner at various friend's houses or out with other people, since everyone wants to see us before she leaves. Now we're in the middle of doing laundry, packing, doing all the final, last-minute stuff that comes with major trips. The only positive thing is that the day she leaves, I can start the countdown towards when she'll return. Parting is such sweet sorrow...