So last night H had called at midnight to say he was exhausted and had only gone 60 miles in almost exactly 2 hours. He had at that point been awake for 21 hours....we talked for about 10 minutes.
Well, I got back on here and read people's posts till 1 a.m. Took my pain pill and got ready for bed. At 1:15 I sent him a TM, "Hope you are making it back safe."
I went in to brush my teeth and when I came back out, I had a TM. Said, "I am in Rockport". This is one hour after I talked to him earlier, and he had gone 30 miles.... I replied "Wow you must be exhausted. Call if you want to, but pls at least text me when you make it safely back home". Wasn't trying to be pushy, but he had responded to my TM and as the father of my kids (ok and as my H) I worry about him.
Well oops I fell asleep. Woke up at 2:30 w/foot pain. Noticed on my way to bathroom that H had texted at 1:38. Said, "I am totally exhausted. Staying at Rockport Inn. Please call me at 5:15" (I had offered early to give him a wakeup call at his parents' since he'd be getting in late and be so tired). So I set my phone alarm and called him at 5:15. He answered after several rings, said "Yeah okay thank you". He has a tendency to fall right back to sleep after hitting the alarm at home, so I called again at 6:15 to make sure he was on the road. He answered and said he was, and thanked me for getting him up earlier. Basically means he got 3 1/2 hrs sleep last night...
Was going to give him distance while he is in Iowa, but wound up seeing him, talking to him on the phone, and exchanging several texts all in one night. Since much of it was initiated by him, I assume it was okay??? I plan to leave him totally alone today b/c I imagine after work he will want to crash hard given the lack of sleep two days in a row. {4.5 hrs sleep Tues night, 3.5 on Wed)
