Due to. . . .

My husband is working and living in Florida right now. Our kids and I live in Washington.

Due to my husband's move to keep his job after the market for his specialized field dried up in the Pacific Northwest we have had to maintain two households.

Due to this extreme geographical distance we do not get to see each other very often and so have to discuss everyday issues such as insurance coverage, bills, parenting, color of my hair by phone, emails or text messages.

Due to the stress of not being able to discuss such issues as a normal married couple would. We have the added stress on our relatively new marriage of me loosing my temper because he calls at inconvenient times. When the kids, who normally are well behaved just water bombed the dog or spilled something in the kitchen and forgot to clean it up. Or he just doesn't understand what the issue is with a bill, because, like me he is a visual person and to have me describing something to him 2,800 miles away the problem's details get lost on the airwaves.

Due to me having a wild past and having different fathers for my sons. Deciding an issue such as health insurance coverage that is affordable but still good coverage or why a child can not go see a rated R movie can become a United Nations discussion in need of a third party mediator. Usually my best friend or my parents. They all probably want to block my number but love me so haven't yet.

Due to me being an independent sort and basically raising my sons by myself because of break ups with their fathers and my husband constantly travelling for work my sons are turning out just like me and so just jump in and solve a problem for themselves forgetting that other people should sometimes be consulted. Usually their problem solving needs some tweaking. At least for now it does until they have more experience.

Due to me parenting mainly alone I forget that I am married now and should let my husband father once in a while without me jumping in to correct things to how I think they should go down.

Due to my husband having just moved to Florida and us living in Washington he mainly has "work" friends. It's hard to make close friends when you work construction and one of you will be moving on at the end of the job. So he doesn't always have a lot going on during the weekends when we are our busiest with different kids' activities.

Due to having to discuss the same topic with many different people when it regards my sons I'm thinking of buying stock in Tylenol and Tums.

Due to getting tired of the geographical distance between my husband and us I've decided to pack up all the animals, my boys and household goods and run away to the sea. Nothing heals the heart and nerves like lying next to the ocean and listening to the waves while your kids make sand castles...