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[BeingMe]

My H is coming home on Friday, after being away almost 2 weeks. He has kept in constant touch with me, but I am, strangely, a bit nervous. I have been quite happy on my own. He told me today that the company he works for wants him to do another 2 week stint (including a weekend), and I told him that that was not what the company promised (usually with these kinds of projects, the consultant would fly in on the Sunday, work 10 hour days from Monday to Thursday, and then go home for the weekend). I also said that if he was going to be away for weeks at a time, then I may as well be single. What is the point in having a family if he doesn't see them? Anyway, he said he would tell them that he was not happy doing that. However, why should he even have to ask me ... this should be a no-brainer ... just tell the company he wasn't interested in staying over weekends. I think the company didn't have anyone else to send to the project which is in Wisconsin, to where the airfares are pretty high coming from where we live, and now they want to save some money. It's their problem, IMHO. They were supposed to send him to a project in San Diego, or San Antonio in CA, and flights to there are far cheaper. Oh well! I said the final decision is his to make.

In other news ... my sister has arrived from our country of origin, and is staying with my nieces in the city we lived in before this one (it's a 12 hour drive to get there). I chatted to her on the phone today, and it was really nice. We have had our ups and downs over the years, mostly I think due to our 9 year age difference. She is older than me, and tended to be on the bossy side, even when I was grown-up. So, I kinda withdrew a lot because it was starting to be toxic to me, being talked down to all the time. We finally had a huge fight where I told her I am not a child anymore, and that I wasn't always going to agree with everything she says just because she was my older sister. She was extremely offended. Then we immigrated to Canada a few years later, and she came to visit, and we were able to clear the air. I guess we just needed some distance and time.

So, that's my journalling for the day. Oh, and what I am specifically grateful for today, is the sunshine. We had an awesome day today (actually the last week).