Good to hear from you. I can't imagine living so far from the kids, though some days it sounds like heaven. We could have a year this year, beat BC, build up some confidence, you never know. However we are taking s7 to teh Iowa game, he is an Iowa fan, I think just to tick us off, but he claims it is because he was born there (like he remembers)!
I agree with MAL on the work stuff, that had a huge impact on our breakdown. I think I'm more understanding of H's demands (also busier myself), but he is making more of an effort to either call and check in or at least email me and that helps me a lot. Don't feel quite as disconnected that way. And it is nice, we don't really have R talks anymore, didn't realize how stressful those things could be!