2 weeks/3 weeks

I know I know...I just posted something a few minutes ago but these two posts are extremely different.

This week marks 3 weeks since I last saw Parker and 2 weeks since he left the country. When I think about how long he's been deployed, I think the time has gone by fast. When I think about how long it's been since I've seen him, I think the time has slowed down so much. It feels like ages since I've seen him, so much longer than 3 weeks. We haven't skyped since he left which might be part of the reason that I feel like it's been such a long time. Once I'm able to see his face, I'm sure everything will be ok. As for the 2 weeks, thankfully work started this week so I'm no longer constantly thinking about him being away from me. Well, for about 5 hours in the afternoon I don't think about it. That's a big improvement from thinking about it 24 hours a day.

We're not able to talk like we normally do, which is right before he goes to bed, for a few weeks because of my work schedule so I'm hoping we'll have a chance to talk when he wakes up which is around the time I head to bed. Today was just really hard to get through because, while at work, I looked at the clock at one point and saw that it was 3pm which was when Parker gets online. I thought I was going to start crying right then. I just wanted to hear from him and know that he was ok. I got home and there was an email from him right before he went to bed. Emails just aren't the same as an actual conversation, even if that conversation is on FB chat