Prep

Preparation for 6 months of being apart.

What does a week of this kind of prep look like?
Well....
Husband took the week off, so we could spend family time together before he leaves. In our house we have a white board with three columns- my to-dos, his to-dos, and our to-dos. So we have spent the week writing and then erasing items like "Book rental (book a rental car, not rent a book, as we spent 2 minutes trying to discern, and even remember who wrote it in the first place), put treads on the stairs, buy pens, call lawn service." We bought a bathroom scale so we could see if Husband's big trunk will meet the weight for flight (it doesn't). We ate out a lot, and cooked a lot. We did a lot of running around, getting things done. But all of this is prep for saying goodbye really.

We prepped for saying g'bye for 6 months this week- we prepared to say it when we bought clothes for Sophie together, so Husband could be part of picking our what she will wear while he is gone. We prepped for g'bye when getting my car fixed so it would be safe for us when he is not here to help take care of it, when giving Sophie her first foods a month earlier so he could be part of it. Eating foods we won't get to eat together. Making dinners, waking up together, talking...all prep for saying g'bye next week.

Don't get me wrong, on this Friday night, as we sit and eat cookies while Sophie sleeps near us, life is very very good, and very sweet. We get to sit on the couch together, both doing our thing, near each other. It is enough. It is more than enough. But it has been a week of running around, savoring and doing enough to store up for 6 months.