Absence Makes the Heart Grow Fonder

Posted Friday, November 13, 2009 4:41 PM

Now if my schedule is busy, my husband's is just as busy. In fact, I am sitting here right now in an empty and very cluttered apartment wondering if I should break the silence by loading and turning on the dishwasher or doing a load of laundry. I only had morning classes today so sitting, alone, in quiet, is kind of a nice break; however, when my husband's and my schedule never seem to match and the only purpose we serve each other are as bed warmers then it can get a little tiresome. He does shift work so the times when we actually have days off that match in our schedules are like the waxing and waning of the moon. When I finish school I'll be on shift work as well and, oh joy, I am sure we'll have even less time to spend together. Perhaps that will be the secret to the longevity of our marriage? That and our mutual love for all things sugary and sweet.

There are, no there were, a dozen doughnuts sitting in their lovely box atop our fridge just a few days ago. Last I looked there were four left. After I looked there were just three. I think I am going to go look again. Like right now. And then there was one. That's how much James and I haven't been seeing each other. The only way I know he even exists is that there is one doughnut less every day. Or I might be eating all the doughnuts myself and have just created this grand delusion to protect myself from the guilt of ingesting my full daily recommended amount of fat in three delicious mouthfuls. Okay, well I actually do have a husband. Who eats doughnuts. So it's hard to say.