Australia.....get back in line with the right time.

Having a long distance relationship is something I would ever knowingly enter into. Having a man who flits around the world on business, into time zones which are hardly conducive to any kind of communication (least of all clear, supportive and positive) is therefore a little testing for my patience.

Here’s the thing with Australia- it’s far too clever for it’s own good being (rather selfishly in my opinion) a whole day ahead of us. ‘Look at me with my fabulous beaches, coral reefs and thousands of miles of burnt middle bits containing nothing but nasty creepy crawlies- aren’t I clever, I’m a while day ahead of you and there’s nothing you can do about it’.

This means my communication with Steve has consisted of a jilted, awkward conversation with me at my desk around 2-3pm, and Steve hammered after a night on the tiles. Or, alternatively, a conversation at around midnight when he’s sleepy, grumpy and just woken up and I’m sleepy, grumpy, probably half cut and about to hit the sack.

It makes me think maybe it’s just better if we don’t attempt to communicate at all whilst he’s away, which would be a great idea if I didn’t miss him quite so much. Then maybe I thought texts only, but they are so immeasurably hopeless at actually saying anything. I’m getting a little bit fed up with the whole thing truth be told.

So there I was feeling really sorry for myself about my 2 weeks without my man, and I saw in my facebook feed that Laura had dedicated a love song about ‘dying to be near someone’ to her boyfriend Sam, who’s away for 6-8 months, maybe longer. And I know she’s gritting her teeth and getting on with things as best as she can.

I had a little tear in my eye when I realised that lots of people aren’t as lucky as I normally am and are forced to spend time without their loved ones. And they deal with it in a much more grown up and dignified way than I’ve managed for the last 6 days. I’m not sure if this is testament to the amount I love Steve, or how generally shit I am at being on my own.

To all those long distance relationships out there that have stood the test of time....fair play. I’m too much of an instant gratification girl.