So George and I’s life is different to most, but it certainly isn’t unusual. His job calls for working 2 weeks away on site and then having 2 weeks home. I’m not going to lie, it is really tough at times. Those times when you are sick, or just not right and need extra love and sympathy don’t always fall in the 2 weeks he is home. But we have worked out a system and as it has been going on for about 2 years now we kind of have it down pat.

Honestly, I think it has made our communication better as a couple (we have been together over 12 years and got together when we were 17yr olds) we definitely talk about things more, especially our frustrations at work and general feelings. We are not phone people at all. Phone calls have awkward silences and we just don’t have that much to say in a specified period of time. Actually, I can only really talk on the phone properly with like 4 people in my life. One of them is my mum, the others are girl friends who we just click and can talk shit for hours on end. So George and I just stay on chat pretty much when we are awake and when we have something to say we say it. Sometimes we go for hours without talking, sometimes we talk constantly. We both have hectic jobs so we understand when we don’t answer back for a while.

The 2 week on and 2 week off thing works in the fact that I am much more of a social person than George is, so when he is away, I tend to do more social things with friends from work etc. Then when he is home, we spend quality time together sitting on the couch and gaming. Friends have had to get used to me checking and being on my phone more than a normal person would, but I’m only on there because I’m there for George, oh and sometimes my dragons in the How to Train Your Dragon app need to be tended to :p But usually I will warn George that I’m hanging with friends so might not be as responsive which also works.

When he is home though, I have to say there is nothing like having amazing food waiting for me, or just about to be ready as soon as I get home from work. He is such an amazing cook (as my instagram account shows often) and I am super lucky in that respect! He even makes me leftovers that I can freeze and eat when he is away! Don’t get me wrong, I love to cook (especially for George and other people), but I love to do cooking that takes time or that makes heaps of food which doesn’t really line up to cooking for one. So I tend to cook the first night he is home and on the weekends, then I have a personal chef the rest of the time :p

So yeh, it sucks at times we both feel it massively on day 13 (that is today, which is why I am probably writing this) as it is almost time for him to be home, but there are 2 nights to go. But the benefits do outweigh the negatives at this point of our lives. So I’ll deal.