Post # 1
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Sugar Beekeeper
and going to Mobile for a month (definitely not what you were thinking, right?)
We knew that his other contract was ending soon after the wedding and he took the knowledge test for a new job in…. Mobile (3 hours a way). He will be leaving tomorrow, and I won’t even be able to see him before I get off work. I am excited for the opportunity for our family but so sad that he will be gone for about a month. And after this one ends he could be going to California, Alaska, or Hawaii. I am so proud of him but so sad because he’s my best friend and I will miss him to death.
I am going to be so incredibly bored and lonely. I guess I will keep myself busy by baking and trying to organize our house but has anyone else gone through a work related “separation”?
Post # 3
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Busy bee
awww! Sorry to hear about this so close to the holidays! Remember that we bees are here for you!
Post # 4
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Sugar Beekeeper
@littlecat: Thank goodness he will be back Friday night, but man oh man will I miss him. It is no fun away from him. I hope I will be able to sleep at night.
Post # 5
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Sugar bee
Don’t SCARE me like that, lady! It sucks that he’ll be gone for a month, but there’s always Skype and whatnot (and you have us, too). Why not take up knitting or cross-stitch or something to keep busy?
Post # 6
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Buzzing bee
Awww hun…. I will be doing the same thing after I get married. Fiance will be leaving for Navy basic a few months after our wedding, so I can’t totally relate as a past experience, but I know it will happen someday, so I can in a way. 🙂
Can you go to visit him on weekends and stuff? I am planning on writing to Fiance every day and taking a picture every day that he’s gone of something that I did that day and give it to him on a CD when he gets home since I can’t visit during basic. I can visit during his school afterwards, and I am planning on bringing care packages, new lingerie (hehe), and new clothes and stuff like that for him.
When I am home, I am planning on doing a lot of organizing, painting, working out, and entertaining to keep me busy. My sister is going through her hubby being deployed and she says the time goes quickly if you keep busy and do things you have always wanted to do, like take a spin class or a cake decorating class.
Post # 7
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Bumble bee
My SO is gone often for work. He works 21 days, and then has 6 off. But of those 21 days, he’s usually only home for a night or two. It really does suck, but I’ve become used to it. The only thing I can’t get used to is nighttime. I have the worst sleep when he’s not here.
Post # 8
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Sugar Beekeeper
@Mrs Grape: sorry lol!! I tried knitting once and failed miserably. I think I will be on the home decor tip and try to organize and make our house a home while he’s gone. My poor Cricut will be smoking when he gets back lol!!!
@piglet_625: I work every Saturday (relief postal carrier) so I wouldn’t be able to see him, except on Saturday evenings. He is off on Fridays and Saturdays we think and will be able to come home. We find out more tomorrow.
eta I guess the best part of the day was we were featured on a nationally syndicated blog!! PM me if you’d like to see (I can’t post it due to the Hive’s self promo policies)….
Post # 9
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Newbee
My husband is in the Army and went out of state for training only 2 months after we got married and was gone for a month. Then, a month after that, he went to Afghanistan and has been gone 8 months. So I can relate to the absence! Sounds so simple, but keep yourself BUSY and it will go by fast 🙂 Do you have any children or pets? I found it easy to devote a lot of my time to my dog and put lots of time into school and it helped keep me sane 🙂 Good luck!!
Post # 10
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Sugar Beekeeper
@lmurphy89: I do have children, work, and in school. But it means nothing compared to the excitement of seeing him everyday. I suppose it will be more like when we met (via the ‘net and not in person for 8 months). Even then I missed him if I didn’t talk to him. Sigh.
Post # 11
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Honey Beekeeper
Oh sweetie, that’s so tough! My husband has been in CO off and on for the past 2 months. And it looks like he might be doing a rotation out there. It’s a great opportunity for him but it so sucks!
Post # 12
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Bee Keeper
Seriously, you should never post something with that title again! OMFG, my heart literally stopped for a second. Are you trying to kill me so close to my wedding?!
Post # 13
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Sugar bee
3 hours isn’t that far. Can’t you drive to visit him every weekend or can’t he come see you? My dad lived 13 hours away from my mom for the past year and a half and he still drove home practically every 2 weeks to see her.
Post # 14
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Bumble bee
OMG, I was totally heartbroken for you for a second there!
Post # 15
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Sugar Beekeeper
@MrsSaltWaterTaffy: yeah it definitely sucks more than anything else. To top it off I am not doing fantastically at work and in the middle of the dreaded learning curve where I know what I am doing but am not doing it efficiently enough so it’s frustrating as hell.
@Linz1231: LOL!!!! My bad… but of course you deserved it for saying you did a mockup and then not showing pix 😛
LMAO!!!!
Post # 16
Hostess
18644 posts
Honey Beekeeper
@crebre80: Are we twins? I am having problems at work too. I really want to leave but I haven’t found anything else yet.
