this used to happen to me for over six years good old CS used to work 3 months away and one month home of which 3 weeks were hols & one week in the London office, I used to cry all the way from Heathrow to home but after one week would be back in a routine and out with girl friends, the week before he came back I use to be cleaning & cooking and getting everything ready for a happy homecoming even though I used to have to drive to Heathrow in the middle of the night & he would be fast asleep before we ever reached home. I know exactly how you feel NoM, focus on xmas its not too long away.