Yesterday marked the return of students to campus and the start of Fall football practice. Although, it's not really Fall yet. It's 100 degrees outside and yet they still call it Fall practice. It's usually a bittersweet time of year for me. I'm super excited for the upcoming season. The hope of winning every single game... everything that football season brings. I really do love it all. But, it also marks the beginning of long months where DJ is away and I am left to do it all.
When we first started dating he told me. If I wasn't prepared for him to not be around then we couldn't move forward with our relationship. So, I knew what the future held for us. I knew that every August through December, my husband would be devoted elsewhere and I was okay with that.
To be honest, I look forward to some of his weekends away, because that means a bit of "me" time, and the girls and I try to do something fun on the Friday evenings that he's away. At the same time, I long for my partner to be home so he can help just tackle a few of the things that we need done- dinner clean up, bath time, bed time.
I know that as much as I hate being away. He hates it too. Fall practice means that he may not see our girls for several days. There are times, where they've gone at least three days without seeing each other. We'll try to Facetime or have a quick phone call, or the girls and I will head up to practice for an hour or so, or try to sneak in a dinner at the football offices. These are precious moments.
DJ is busy teaching his student workers. They're responsible for filming the games, and he works in the background cutting up game film. He's also responsible for setting up player meeting rooms, so the coaches can review film with the players, teach the players, coach the players. This is the time of year that prepares us for games and the season ahead. As I was working on this post, I asked DJ what he does every day. His response? We eat, practice meet, eat, meet, eat.
He's in the office before we're awake and he's home after the girls are in bed. These guys are going hard from sun up until sun down.
Sure we'll miss him. Sure we want him home. But, he's doing exactly what he loves. He's doing the same thing he was doing when I first met him 11 years ago. It's a true gift when you can say that your husband 1000% loves his job.
Here's to the 2015 season.
Football is a sure sign that fall is on the way! My daughter is in her high school marching band and the heat has been hitting them hard too. I just followed you with google+, I blog at http://www.mybashfullife.com/ I would be so happy if you could stop by and say Hello!
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