This week was slightly less long. Still long, still difficult, but slightly less so than last week.

DH finally made it to his final destination and it looks like he will have reasonably good internet access, which helps immensely. I hoped and wished for connectivity like this during the last two deployments and it never happened, even when it was possible for others around him. When I had convinced myself that we weren't going to have it, didn't need it, would be fine without it, he drops it in my lap. My cheeks hurt from grinning after that conversation.

One of the things I find myself missing most right now is simple human contact. We don't have children and I took a bit of a break from my business while waiting for him to deploy, so I haven't been doing a whole lot outside the house. I think I may go ahead and book a massage in the next few weeks. It's amazing how vital human contact really is.