Trying to be optimistic

People often tell me that absence makes the heart grow fonder. In most cases, it does. However, if your luck is anything like mine, this popular saying means nothing. I found this out last summer when I anxiously waited for my boyfriend to return from basic training and A.I.T. At the time, we had been dating for a little over a year. I had waited for him for five months, and I thought that it would bring us closer together. Unfortunately, it was quite the opposite. By the time he came home, he no longer wanted to be in a relationship. This came as a huge shock to me because of the sweet letters that he wrote me. Although it was extremely difficult to get over, I handled the situation the best that I could. To make sure that I wouldn’t have my heart broken again, I promised myself never that I would never wait on a man again. Sure enough, I got over my ex boyfriend and everything was back to normal. I ended up meeting a really sweet man that lived in an apartment above my friend. We spent a couple months hanging out almost every day. After getting to know each other, and realizing how much we had in common, it made perfect sense for us to be together. We have now been together for almost four months. We’re really happy together, but like every couple, every once in a while, we run into a problem. Currently we’re separate homes that make us unhappy. Therefore, we’re trying to find an apartment together. Though money is tight, were working together to find the home of our dreams. While desperate times call for desperate measures, my boyfriend recently ended up taking a job that pays him good money. The only downfall is that he has to work out of town. This means that he’s gone Monday through Friday, every week. This is a challenge because we’re used to spending everyday with each other. My one hope is that absence does make our hearts grow fonder. Wish us luck!