Absence makes the heart grow fonder.
We had our share of absence from each other as well. He got transferred to England, but I was still working
in California. He finished the job and came home again after about eight months.
And for a while when I was working in Southern California, he got a job in Northern California, and we
were apart while I stayed home and packed our stuff, had it shipped to Bryan, and repaired and painted our
house on the inside. I hired painters to do the exterior, though. It took me about seven months to do all that.
Then he got a job in Ohio, and I had another house to pack, ship, repair, and paint, which I did. He started
working here in December 2003, and I got here in June 2004 after shipping our belongings, cars, motorcycles,
cats, and the whole kit and kaboodle. So all I had to do was drive my car here.