A Nice Treat

Well I have now spent 3 week in the UK on my new project role. I will be back in the States doing paper work for my work permit for a couple weeks then I am heading over for a few months. I have to say though while working in another country is very exciting, and my new role is very challenging to say the least (can we say 130 hours in 2 weeks LOL) the number one benefit is that I get to see my wife. She came to visit the first weekend I was in town and if you can believe the following weekend as well. I am certainly very lucky to have been able to spend the time with her that I could. And as always it was fun to see a new part of the world with her.

We are now about 1/3 of the way through her scholarship requirement to live back in Russia and simply put it is not a lot of fun. We are still as close as ever. I have as strong of feelings and connection with her as any time. But it is still not a pleasant thing to know that you can not just go home and see your wife. That when you get home the house will be empty. So I consider it a big treat to get to see her a couple weekends in a row. And as a bonus she seems to really like Portsmouth so she will probably want to spend more time there.

So our weekends by normal standards were really quite tame. We went out to some dinners, saw a couple America movies in the theater (Ruzana really misses American entertainment), walked all over town, I showed her the apartment I was going to get (since time I did get and will post some photos of for everyone) and did my laundry (very important because the hotel wanted more than 100 pounds to do it). Of course we slept in a bit a few of the days, so all in all they were the slowest most relaxed weekends I have in months. Though I think next time she comes it is road trip time!

I really do miss spending time with my wife. We can only fight so much over the phone so it is good to have her close for some sparing matches. Her wit is by far one of her best and my favorite features. Of course it is also good that she grounds me and brings me back to earth. I was also happy to talk to her endlessly about nothing really important. The conversation never seems to run dry and when I go off on tangents she normally calmly listens till I am done, even if I can’t always return the favor. It seems that when we are together there is just a slightly different and much better reality. I don’t completely know why but I am happy for it anyway. So I will be happy to see my wife more and more for the next year, and if the government gives more trouble getting her I may just have to sign on to go to Spain for the project next year.