Going it husbandless...

My husband's job is forever changing. Changing companies, changing locations, changing projects. He is an electrician and he goes where the work is. Being close to a large city that is the direction he usually goes and we are close enough that he can come home at night, put his feet up, play a game with the kids, hang out with his friends, and sleep in the bed at night. Well this year work is scarce. I don't know if the economy is making companies nervous about working on big projects or if as my husband says it is a presidential election year and so everyone is sitting back and watching to see what will happen. My guess is that it is both.

Well being out of work on and off for about 6 weeks he finally was called to a job. 3 HOURS away. What do you do? He took it of course. Although with the price of gas and the length of the days he puts in with hard physical labor, we decided it was best he just camp out. We are going onto our 4th week. He has come home once a week to get clean clothes and stock up on his prescription meds that he has to have. And of course to see me and the kids. Even if it is just for one night.

I know there are lots of couple out in the world who have it a lot harder and are gone for months at a time. But really, this STINKS.

I am grateful for the job and grateful for the income, but I am praying big time that something close by opens up soon. I miss the large man sleeping next to me at night. I could get into the whining and whimpering of this, so I'm going to sign off and go cry in my pillow for awhile.