This week was kind of a turning point for me and my wife. This was her last week at her current job before she starts her new position at a new company next week. Before this week, we had lived together for over five years. During that time, we were pretty lucky. We first met while attending the same grad school. After we graduated, we were both able to find postdoctoral positions at the same school as well. And finally, when we went looking for jobs, we were both hired by the same company at the same site. We were incredibly lucky in that the two body problem was never really a problem for us. Despite criss-crossing the country all that time, we were able to live and commute together for over five years.
This was the first week where we started to have separate commutes and the first week that I had to drive to work alone.
It's been a little weird. I think that we had gotten so used to each other since we had spent so much time together---we lived and worked together so we literally saw each other nearly constantly. It's strange to spend so much time with the same person and suddenly find yourself alone. One the one hand, it's a lonely feeling when you're left by yourself. On the other hand, it's a rare time where you can spend getting lost in your thoughts. Listening to others is an art, but in this modern age of distractions I think that listening to yourself has become a lost art. Plus, I think that this will be good for our relationship---I think we were spending so much time together that we were in danger of getting too familiar and bored with each other. This adds a little bit of the unknown that we've been lacking.
The other benefit is that now I can play the music I want to on the ride home...
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