Single parent

Here lately I've been feeling like a single parent because Colton has been out of town working for the past four out of five weeks!  It's awful and I can't wait for him to be home for good.  He usually has to leave Sunday afternoon then sometimes doesn't make it home until late Friday evening.  It's only like this because of the cold weather, so when it warms back up he'll be back to normal.  We were talking about it and he said he really doesn't mind it because he knows it's only temporary, he gets to see different locations and deal with different people and of course the money is better when he's down there.  I didn't mind it the first couple of weeks, but I was talking to him earlier and I told him I'm just tired of missing my husband and my best friend and coming home to no one but the dogs!  And I feel bad for him too because he's missing a lot of Korbyn growing up, I know it's only a few weeks and I'm acting like it's an eternity but that's what it feels like.  He told me last week that it takes everything he has not to lose it when he leaves...ugh!  That just breaks my heart!  He called me earlier today and said that he has to be on call this weekend down there so he won't even be coming home, but he will get Monday and Tuesday off!  Yay!  Then of course he has to be on call again in two weeks.  So hopefully we can do something for Valentine's day, my birthday, and our (dating) anniversary next weekend.  They are all within a week of each other.  So it's going to be a lonely weekend but I can't wait to see him Monday!