Telling me things like "Already? It seems like he just left!" or "Wow, that went by fast!" when I tell you that Hubby's R&R is coming up soon is not helpful.
He didn't just leave, he left last fall and I am very aware of how long it's been. And it doesn't seem like it's been a short time, it's been a very drawn out and painful experience. I have not seen him once this year. Every day I am constantly reminded of his absence and I spend every night praying for his safe return. Your carefree remarks were not intended to hurt my feelings or upset me but they do. Maybe I'm overly sensitive but you can hardly blame me in this situation.
Deployment's also turned me into a fierce guardian of any Hubby-time, I want to lock him up and keep him all to myself.
This is a short visit so we don't really have time to do a lot of things. It is also an unpredictable trip and unscheduled for that reason.
But just becauase we don't have anything scheduled doesn't mean we don't have plans. And even though our plans may not be earthshattering (Hubby really wants to watch the new Transformers movie with me among other things), they are still our plans. And that's the way we like it :)
