I know I shouldn't complain, but...

I remember Chuck saying about me once that if I'm complaining then things are going pretty well. It's just when I stop whining that something is usually really wrong. I don't know if that's always true, but I'll accept it today because then I have permission to whine. :) Nate called last night and asked how I felt about him staying in Michigan another week. Do I really have a say in that matter? I appreciate him checking on how I am handling things with him gone, anyway. We will be okay with him gone, but he'll miss Valentine's, Hannah's birthday, and Nikki's gymnastics meet this weekend. He's been traveling a lot, but we have at least had him home on the weekends, so this weekend will be strange. Then, he was already scheduled to be gone the last week of February, and I'm not sure if that will change or not. So, in one breath I think about how it really stinks to have him gone for two or three weeks when I was just expecting 5 days. Then I think about Kim, whose husband has been deployed for months. Okay, so three weeks really is just a drop in the bucket. Or I think of Nate's brother who is in the process of selling his home because he has been out of work for a while. This really is a blessing that Nate has so much work that when he is in Michigan he is working close to 80-hour weeks and gaining some great new experience. And I really can see the blessing in it as long as I can look past the kitchen counters that I can not for the life of me keep clean. Or get to bed on time, which is so hard for me to do without him home. Thank goodness for modern technology that allows us to stay in contact with him everyday. One more reason I shouldn't complain. Also, one perk is that I can cook breakfast for supper every night this week and the kids will love it. :)