Despite your H being out of town, you should be dialoguing. It's important to keep the dialoguing going or the movement starts to go in the wrong direction again. At the very least, you could be dialoguing on your feelings about going to Post sessions. They definitely helped. That's why they became institutionalized into the program. At first, Retrouvaille was just the weekend, but the results were not strong enough. Couples would do well on the weekend, and then lose it in the weeks following. Post continues the journey, strengthening the skills as you go along.
You can do it the way you suggest, missing the first couple of sessions, if need be and then doing them during the next session. But the dialoguing is independent of that. The dialoguing should be established and continued several times a week to help you continue to heal.
And yes, as in so many other things, the hard road has greater rewards than the easy path.
