Irony

Isn't it funny how the closer you get to the end of something, the harder it is to wait?  I've been waiting for about 4 years for my fiance to finish his active duty military term, and we are finally down to 6 weeks.  It seems harder than ever now.  There have been times when we barely spoke for 4 months during training or deployments, and times when we couldn't afford a plane ticket to visit each other for weeks at a time.  But now the days in between our weekend visits feel just as hard.

I don't think I'm the only one who feels this way.  My future mother-in-law has worked in special education for 35+ years, but her last year and a half seem almost unbearable to her.  She is dying to move to Florida and say goodbye to the Cleveland winters forever. 

I remember being close to losing my mind when my Pottery Barn duvet cover was on back order, and then got pushed back an extra week.  I literally thought I couldn't physically wait any longer to get it.  Even waiting for trivial things stretches my patience when the time comes near.

But I have a solution.  I read about 4 mystery/romance novels in the week before Devin returned from his final deployment, and they kept me completely distracted.  It's the only thing that keeps your mind too busy to be impatient, while providing entertainment at the same time.  I tried everything else and this is the cure for impatience - unless you can't get lost in a book of course, but that's not a problem for me.  So thank you Sandra Brown.  Thank you Julia Garwood.