Humph

I have come to learn that Field Ops are no fun. About once a month Alex has to leave and be gone anywhere between 2 days to a month. It makes it pretty hard to be married, we miss eachother like crazy when he's gone and get easily upset when he's home. It takes time but we are slowly figuring things out. It's easy to get along when you are away from one another and can just miss each other. We just need to figure how to deal with the little things that agitate us, like every couple does. Of course it's mostly me. I like things a certain way and get easily upset if they aren't done so. I would like to blame it on my being OCD, and it is, but that is something I can overcome. I just need to buck up and do it. Most the time I think about what I'm saying before I say it, but when it comes to these situations I don't think about it until after and then I realize that it was pretty ridiculous. Alex has been very patient with me about it but it doesn't take long for it to get under his skin. So now we argue about arguing about little things. We both know it's redundant. We are slowly figuring it out. It doesn't help, though, when he has to be gone for days at a time and then we have to start the process all over.

We love each other and we will get through it. Love isn't something that is easy, it takes work. And we will work until we get it.