Greg headed out to Oklahoma yesterday so its back to the routine when Greg leaves. There is a certain realignment that takes place in our home when Greg goes back to the truck. (or as Sophie once said--"Daddy, I hate it when you have to go back 'home'" )
The girls usually seem happy, but often Maddie has more trouble getting to sleep. Yesterday she threw a temper tantrum which was partly the fall out from so much birthday attention, and partly from Greg leaving. We go back to doing some school, reading keys for kids at dinner, and letting the house go a little. I finally mowed the lawn, something I hate to waste time doing when he is home for a week.
We go back to the stilted ways of talking on the phone, it is harder to truly communicate when you can't read the non-verbal cues, the eye-contact, the postures. You never know how much of your message is conveyed that way until you have to carry on a relationship strictly by voice.
It is not the normal that's ideal, but there is a comfort in going back to the familiar grind of how we live when he's not home.
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