"Every goodbye makes the next hello closer."

Nathan just left. Ugh. I hate it. Two months in Mississippi for a training class. Hopefully we will get to see each other every couple of weeks since I am closer than I was last time, so I am telling myself two weeks instead of two months. It's still hard. More than anything, I hate being alone. Sure, I have friends and family, but they can't replace Nathan. I can fill my time reading books and watching movies and surfing the Internet and getting things ready for our move, but it's not the same as having a real companion to talk to and do things with. Some of the pettier things I am dreading: sleeping alone, cooking for just one, having to take out the trash, and being responsible for paying the bills. I know we will get to the other side of this and say it wasn't that big of a deal, just like when he was at OTS and when he was in MS last time. I just hate the first day so much.

Changing subjects... Nathan has been taking pictures of the hummingbirds that have been coming to the feeder in the past few weeks and one that he took yesterday was great.