He's leaving, I'm going crazy!

My husband is heading back to the UK to find a job and get things set up for me to follow in September.  He leaves in  two weeks .  I have been going crazy. 

For example, last night I was furious with him because our pots and pans weren't shiny like the ones on the tv cooking shows.  So I spent 4 hours cleaning the kitchen and polishing my pots and pans.  We also got in an argument yesterday because I wanted to sort the laundry on my own and he wanted to help.  So I refused to do anything. 

Is this normal?  Will I be less crazy after he leaves?  Am I going to be even more crazy for a while after we get back together?  I have 14 days left and yesterday's performance does not bode well for our remaining time together.

Perhaps, it is the unknown of what may happen.  Being apart from your husband can cause mental distress, just know it is not forever.  He going over to sort things out ahead of time, may make it easier for when you arrive in the UK.

My husband is heading back to the UK to find a job and get things set up for me to follow in September.  He leaves in  two weeks .  I have been going crazy. 

For example, last night I was furious with him because our pots and pans weren't shiny like the ones on the tv cooking shows.  So I spent 4 hours cleaning the kitchen and polishing my pots and pans.  We also got in an argument yesterday because I wanted to sort the laundry on my own and he wanted to help.  So I refused to do anything. 

Is this normal?  Will I be less crazy after he leaves?  Am I going to be even more crazy for a while after we get back together?  I have 14 days left and yesterday's performance does not bode well for our remaining time together.

I always act a bit nuts when its almost time for my husband to leave me or for me to leave him.  Its very stressful knowing you will be away for awhile and I hate saying goodbye.  Also, the longer we stay away from each other, the more bitchy I get as well.  Everything always ends up wonderful when we see each other again though, so we don't focus on my bitchiness too much

Oh God, you sound like me any time things get tense over big change in our household!  I've actually done the scrubbing the pots thing myself, while poor Russ looked on wondering what he had done wrong.

The thing to remember is that you need to take a deep breath...relax...there's plenty of time for flipping out in the time you're apart, and you want to be able to look back on the last few days together for a while as a happpy thing, not "God, we were fighting all the time."

I get horribly bitchy when stressed, and completely unreasonable.  At least I know this now and can avoid it, and Russ knows it and can see it for what it is.

Thank you for letting me know that while I am indeed crazy it's not that abnormal, and more importantly, if others can control themselves so can I.  I do want to spend the rest of our time together happy and I'm trying.  Yesterday was fine - I didn't flip out once. 

Gwen - I'm trying to focus my nervous energy into planning how I'm going to flip out when he leaves.  I'm going to have the cleanest house ever when he's gone!     I'll try to put it all to good use in getting things ready for my move.

Now, I just need to hold it together until April 10th...

I am about to be in a situation where I'm separated from my husband.  I am having my baby in the US and flying over May 22 at about 27 weeks.  I'm due August 24th and he's going to come over toward the beginning of August. 

I'm not looking forward to it and don't know how I'm going to react....  I think the plane ride over will be pretty upsetting.