perfect present

so. my sister Kylie is super amazing at buying presents.

she is the kind of present buyer who always gets the perfect present.

she thinks her presents through really well - and it's always something different, but so spot on.

she got me this present. i got it in the mail today.

the note attached said

"Hi honey!

Just a little something to keep you occupied on a quiet night..."

which is perfect. seeing as i have so many quiet nights now without my mister.

and perfect in a second way too. i love paris. to pieces. literally - seeing as i have a paris jigsaw to do.

thanks for the thoughtful present, my dear sister. you do spoil me. and i am grateful.

thank you for being you.

positive thinking...

so, instead of being sad today, thinking about how much i miss my mister...

i decided to think positively about the sitch.

I am going to be grateful for the fact that I have someone special in my life that i love.

I am going to be thankful that I have a mister to miss.

I am going to be glad that there is someone out there who misses me just as much.

every cloud has a silver lining.

i am trying to find mine.

so far. so good.

i'm gonna make my silver lining extra sparkly :)

weekend..

this weekend has been full of ups and downs.

friday was meant to be the day i said goodbye to my mister.

but, delightfully, we were given another day together cos his work changed their mind on where they were sending him.

so. we got friday as a bonus.

saturday a.m was an early one. 5am awake. finalise packing. then i dropped him at the shuttle place in town.

tearful goodbye.

saying goodbye is hard. it never gets easier. 3 months apart is hard.

but this is all part of my journey. our journey. our life at the moment.

it's not forever.

i can't wait for the day when he comes home for good and there will be no more sad goodbyes.

countdown is on now....until i see my mister again.

but then i spent some time with some friends, which lifted my spirits.

laughs, great food, wine. was great to take my mind off the lonely times ahead.

tonight, though, my heart is lonely.

i look at the la-z-boy where he usually sits.

but he's not there.

i really REALLY hope these months go fast.

christmas is coming.

i just hope it hurries the frick up!

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i love dr suess

Today you are you, that is truer than true. There is no one alive who is youer than you.

Dr. Seuss

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