Hubby's Back To Work

We got the call today for Hubby to go back to work.
It just came out of the blue as usual. He was
told to come to the office in Fenton, get a truck,
then drive to Colorado. He's supposed to be there
by tomorrow. It is 14 hours from the office to
his destination and 3 hours from our house to
the office. Absolutely no idea how long he'll
be gone.

So for a couple hours it was a madhouse around
here! I was trying to get Hubby's laundry done
while he was walking around the house
gathering up his stuff he wanted to take with
him, and getting it all packed up.

When I got the second load of jeans in the
dryer he decided he was starving to death, so
we called our daughter and went to the
restaurant for a quick meal. He wanted to
see our Grandmonsters before he left.
Jaylan came in carrying two pictures of the
kids. Told Papaw they were for him so he
could see the kids while he was gone.

It's always so sad to see him pulling out
of the driveway and know that it may be
months before I see him again. And this
time the place he'll be working is up in
the mountains and there's no cell service
there, so I won't be able to call him at
a moment's notice just to talk.

My life is about to change once more. When
he first leaves I clean like the dickens! I
will wash walls, windows, clean all kinds
of things that I don't normally do. Then
I sew and do crafts for hours and hours
once the house is spotless. When he's
gone the house stays clean because I hole
up in my bedroom most of the time. I
will miss him so badly for a while, then I
will get used to it again, it just takes a
while to adjust.

Bless his heart, he's had to leave and it's
the middle of turkey season. He didn't
even get a turkey yet. One year he got
called to work in the middle of deer season.
He had the camper in the woods and
everything. Had to bring it all home,
unpack, and leave in a hurry. But.....
when his job calls, he has to run!