One Third Mark

This week marks month four since Mike has left for Japan. Why is it that people say the beginning is the hardest part? I strongly disagree with this statement. The longer they are gone, the harder it gets.

This seems to also be the part in a deployment/TDY when the bickering and arguing for no good reason occurs. I know that this is because both parties are frustrated with the situation. It must be hard for a man to not be able to "fix it" when his wife is having a rough day.

I cannot imagine never leaving work. Many of those Marines lives where they work, with the people they works with and can never really leave the base for too long at a time. There isn't much opportunity to get away.

I know that in another two months we will hit the "half way mark" and it is all down hill from there. As I have blogged before, time is going fast and for that i am very thankful. I do miss my husband though. At least we are a third of the way done.