Gone

Tonight Jacob leaves for Mexico again. For ten days. This is his third trip there in a month and a half. The first trip ended up being only five days. His second trip was seven days. And now we are on the last one. He was able to come home early on both the previous trips, but this time he needs to be there every second he can to finish as many surveys as possible. And while I definitely don't want him to leave, I am glad the day is finally here. Because the faster he leaves, the faster he can come back to us. Nothing feels right when he is gone. We miss him like crazy. But I am so grateful for the hard worker that he is and what he is doing to get his PhD finished. It is worth whatever we need to do to get this degree done. And done it will be. In just a few short months. What a happy day to look forward to. But I'm not looking that far into the future right now. My focus is on ten days from now.

I miss him already.