Mommyhood vs. the traveling pilot

Captain Handsome has been gone this week.  Tomorrow is 8 days and I am beginning to jones.

Things I miss due to having a boyfriend pilot (he's gone a lot!)

1. Good food.  When Captain Handsome is home, we eat well.  When he is gone, I make sandwiches.

2. Random suitcases.  Living with a pilot means an ever packed suitcase ready to go out the door.

3. Blog material.  Lets be honest.  Captain Handsome is a never ending supply if hilarity and I, quite frankly, couldn't even try to come up with some of the shit he says and does.

4.  It's quiet.  And I mean, really quiet.  CH never stops moving and fiddling about which gamer boy, scooter girl, the Barkfart, and myself, do not do.  We hit the couch like potatoes after a long day and CH just keeps on going.

5. Pilot time. 'Nuff said.

6. Toiletries.  When he is gone, the bathroom is empty and it doesn't have that sweet Captain Handsome shower gel smell that you cannot duplicate.

Things you must master due to having a boyfriend pilot

1. Patience.  Pilots are a very different but amazing breed.

2. Flexibility.  Captain Handsome's schedule changes on a dime.  Romantic date? Important celebration? He will get a call and you will be celebrating alone.

3. TRUST.  You have to know your partner is totally faithful and rely on them to maintain contact. Tonight I got a phone message from CH, who I thought was in one city, but turns out, he was in another, and loved and missed us.

4. Time zones. Zomg.

I could go on but you get the gist.