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Husband is out of two for two weeks right now, so I’m left rambling around our house all by myself. Well, I suppose you could count the furry babies. Okay, so technically I’m not all alone, but it’s not like I have a ton of people to talk to. It’s one of the dangers of working from home and being self-employed. So this week will just be me, the furry babies, and writing with occasional breaks for food. Next week I won’t be as alone since I’m getting my hair cut and colored (stepping outside my comfort zone, but it’s something I’ve wanted to try for a while) and am meeting up with some friends.

You might think that being alone for a week would be an amazing chance to get a boat load of writing done. It is, for the most part. Writing can be very emotionally draining, and with me being who I am, if I don’t have someone pulling me away from it then I will write all day long, which Peaches (our dog) objects to.  So, without Husband here to help tear me away from writing and providing the emotional support he offers on a regular basis, I will probably need a vacation from the two weeks without him.

Now, I know lots of couples who have to spend time apart for various reasons like business, duty, family, even education, whatever the reason people make it work all the time. That being said, it’s still hard being apart from someone you love, especially when you are trying to write emotional scenes. Even though Husband is out of town we still keep in frequent contact with things like Google hangouts and Snapchat. We can send each other silly messages of encouragement and love. There are plenty of people who don’t have that opportunity, and I don’t know how they do it.

Personally, I’ve never been good with distance or saying goodbye, I think it’s partially why I’m so drawn to the romance genre. I’m addicted to happy endings. The fact that in a romance you are guaranteed a happily ever after (HEA), or at the very least a happy for now (HFN), ending is one of the many things I love about the genre. I also love the emotion that is created in the reader. You experience the highs and lows along with the characters, something I find much more evocative in romance than any other genre.

Needless to say, I shall be trying not to be a hermit for the next couple weeks, but in all likelihood, I will fall into my writing and get some amazing stuff down. Either way, I’ll miss Husband like crazy, but I’m not going to waste the writing time and just mope around the house. Now, if you’ll excuse me I have to go and text Husband cute pictures of our furry kids.