history: My wife has been out of the country for school for a month and a half.  She gets back in a couple weeks, but it's starting to get tough being alone with just the dogs. My wife has been out of the country for school for a month and a half.  She gets back in a couple weeks_comma_ and it's getting tougher to wait.
current: Do you talk with her on the phone?
next: I do, every night.  It's still hard going from having someone around every day to never, but I'll get through.