Luke is back. He is back for good. No more leaving late Sunday night or early Monday morning. No more washing academy uniforms, PT uniforms, or baking him and his buddies snacks. Graduation was lovely. Pinning his badge on during the ceremony was a very proud moment even though my hands were shaking and Gwen kept trying to put the badge in her mouth.
Now what? Now I am a full time wife again. I adjust really well to change. I always have. I just go with the flow and everything works out. However, the change of having my husband back is proving to take a bit longer to adjust to than normal. I love him, but goodness we are different! I think I must have become a little to independent while he was away. I went wherever I wanted and did whatever I wanted. Now, I need to be home and make sure dinner is ready, laundry is done, and the house tidy. All these things were super easy while he was away. Crazy what a difference one person can make. He also asks me weird questions like:
"How much water have you had today?"
or
:"It's 9:00. Have you had breakfast yet? Why not? Go make yourself some breakfast."
or
"Did you finish your tea? Finish your tea!" (I had a sore throat)
I know he means well, but I took care of myself for 5 months just fine!
No big fights or arguments have happened, but things are just a little tense. Oh, and we are horrible, horrible at sharing a bed. I literally take up 90% of the bed and he hogs all the covers. I jokingly told him I was excited for him to go back to night shift and he was like "No Kidding!"
Those sweatpants? Hmmm...haven't been able to find them. Wonder what happened....
It doesn't help that Luke is Gwen's obvious favorite. You should see her little face light up with delight each time he walks into the room. She smiles at me too, but not quite as bright or for as long.
All in all it is wonderful to have him home, but I'm ready for the adjustment period to be over. I'm gonna give it another week and we'll go from there!
