Brerah

Charlotte and my Wife(Sarah don't worry, it's not bad)

I just returned from a great trip to Charlotte, in which I closed on our new house on Thursday and hung out with Matt and Kathryn Howell during the evenings. I think that we are really going to enjoy our move out there, and I hope that we will continue the friendships that are there and make many more. One thing that is especially striking about this upcoming time for us is that I have never known Sarah when she was not a student. I have had glimpses during holidays and summers, but for the most part she has been a student. Confessingly, I spent too much of the last few years or so griping about her school and not encouraging her in her studies. But with only 4 days (aside from 6 months of clinicals in the spring and a 2 week class next summer) remaining, I could not be more proud of her and her success thus far in her doctorate of physical therapy program. I'm not even taking the classes, but I can feel how hard they are just from watching her study.

I was talking with Matt and Kathryn the other night and Kathryn asked me if Sarah and I did okay when we weren't with each other at night. In terms of shear sleeping abilities, I don't think that either Sarah or I miss sleep when the other isn't 3 inches away (we have a double bed). In reality, Sarah probably sleeps better because I have been known to elbow, knee, and kick her during the night. We believe that there have been bruises to prove, but at any rate, I find myself apologizing during the night fairly often. Though I do not sleep particularly worse, I begin to see that after a few days, I really just miss her. You could probably scroll back several years on this blog and read of my lonely times, of which I haven't written in a while. But lo, I have been away from her for 3 days and I find myself missing her dearly, longing for that closeness of that friend and wife that I now have. I don't think you can really explain it unless you're married, but it's very real. Anyhow, she will return from Boston tomorrow (she has been visiting her 7 month pregnant with 2's sister) and I will be speeding to the airport to get her. Sarah, I'm ready, come home.

posted by corbs @ 3:38 PM