February 20, 2010
Te amo
Just had a really nice chat with Soldier. He’s pretty tired again. I cannot believe how hard he works. He’s usually the last one to stop for the day.
Our talk was pretty good…lots of laughs again. He said the nicest thing to me once….he really likes to talk to me at the end of his day because I really help him relax and wind down from all the stress. He said there’s a big difference between the nights when we talk and when we don’t have a chance. I was so touched when he said that. As I wrote on here before, sometimes I feel so helpless in terms of doing anything for him while he’s gone…but at least I can provide him with a few minutes of nice conversation so he can rest.
That’s part of the reason why I don’t like to bring too many of my problems to him. Especially one’s he can do nothing about. I have starting bringing some smaller things up to him, just because I know he likes to problem-solve. He’s really level-headed and often times sees sides to an issue that never occur to me. I think to some degree he likes being involved in things going on back here and being able to help out.
I think helping each other with small things or just providing a way to relax and have a few moments of fun are the best way for us to stay connected. It’s nice to feel needed and helpful to someone. I know I like it and I’m pretty sure he does too. He ends all of our chats with some form of “I love you”…lately it’s been “te amo”…and I love hearing those words from him in any language.
julie said,
February 20, 2010 at 7:25 pm
Dang. We don’t have Sprint anymore, so I can’t do the creepy phone thing…it would totally be worth the what? Thousand bucks to break the contract with Verizon and switch to sprint, to do the creepy phone thing…
Mark and I have been having lots of conversations lately about certain crazy people. Or a certain crazy person. Who was away most of this week, so this week has been remarkably calm. No crazy secret meeting phone calls — and I did in fact find out that she was talking about me having secret meetings. ..except that the meeting in question was one that I actually mentioned to her. So how can it be a secret when um…I told you the meeting happened? sheesh.
It’s very cool that he calls you to unwind. It sounds like you guys are doing a great job of staying connected.