// September 19th, 2005 // 2 Comments » // tagged: Frustration > Steve
At least that's what it feels like anyway. We talk to each other on the phone every night - "Whaddya do today?", "I love you", "I miss you", "See you on Friday" -- and we see each other a lot on the weekends.
Since May, Steve has been out of town with
work every single week except two. :yell: So for almost five months - we've seen each other on weekends - and maximum one day during the week. He travels all over the U.S. to the hospitals HCA owns - some they already own, some they are getting ready to take over - and "assimilates" them into the massive HCA network (computer network, that is).
Resistance is Futile is his teams motto, I think.
Many times, a team from HCA shows up en masse at a hospital they are getting ready to take over and each team goes to its area to prepare them for the changes. Finance, HR, Tech - everyone gets attention ;) Other times, they go individually to the hospitals and spend a week getting their network moved over to HCA. They have MAJOR security protocols - and so each hospital is required to upgrade their network hardware (firewalls, routers, etc) to HCA's standard before they are allowed to connect to the network. Steve goes in and determines what they need to upgrade - and then comes back a few weeks later and gets them all hooked up. (I'm sure he'd love how I just simplified his job ... lol) Sometimes its a pleasant thing - hospitals love getting the latest and greatest technologies and programs for their physicians - and sometimes it's less pleasant. Anyway -- all that to say -- Steve's been on the road for five months now.
It stinks. :( We've done this already. We long distance dated before we were married for a year and a half. It was hard then and we weren't even married yet. I remember hating airports when we were dating - they were a place of goodbyes. Being married - and yet spending most of our time apart - is not fun. He's tired - and who wouldn't be? I'm tired - and get a bit lonely sometimes. We live out in the country - in a house that we both love - but I loved it more when my husband was home with me out in the country every day - when we were both doing the driving to and from the city. I miss our time together. Talking on the phone just isn't the same - and sleeping alone got old about 4 3/4 months ago. The only upside to this is that we get to keep all the airmiles and points for hotels, cars, etc. That counts for something, right? (at least that's what we tell ourselves ... lol) Now all we have to do is figure out when we can go on vacation ... together. :headache:
Wednesday is my birthday ... and guess where Steve is? Arizona. All week. Yeah - I'm an adult - birthdays aren't a huge huge deal - but I still wish he was here for it. :bday:
So, yeah - it feels like I'm dating my husband. We talk on the phone every night - and see each other on weekends. I see some light at the end of the tunnel - supposedly the traveling is going to slow down week after next. I'll believe it when I see my husband for more than one day a week.
Tivo isn't required ... but tivo people are the first ones who are going to latch on to this baby. Slingbox ... clever name. Steve saw this a few months back on a business trip ... and then last weekend we saw it live in CompUSA. Oh - and there are no fees. Very nifty.
I wish they would come up with a way for my tivo to link with other tivos though. So if I was at my brothers house -- I could pull up a program on my tivo through his tivo. OR even cooler - I could just send him a program from my tivo. Or send him an "invitation" to record something I think he'll like. At least we have the DVD-burning tivo ... so I can burn programs to my hearts content. I :heartbeat: tivo.
