It's been a long four-plus days that she has been gone ... for both of us. All of us here have missed her, with the boys continually asking when she is going to get home. I'm certain that they don't miss me as much when I'm gone. Even the dogs have seemed a bit out of it this weekend. I certainly haven't been sleeping as well.
The good news is that we will be rejoined in just a little bit. I know that we are in store for a longer separation come January when she goes to visit Katrina for the birth of our grandchild. If this weekend was any indication, I'm going to be a bit of a mess.