until we relocated last july, dh left on a monday morning and wasn't home again til friday evening. i did find it hard going at first, but as the months went by, got into a good routine, eating with the kids, bathing them slightly earlier as bedtime took longer being on my own. on the plus side, i could watch what i wanted on tv, house was tidier, less washing, but on the down side, the evenings can be lonely.
now we've moved, he's around much more, but has just been away for 8 days to singapore. he's on his way back home tonight, lands at birmingham at 7.15am tomorrow, yay!. it has been a hard 8 days for me and i am very tired, kids not been sleeping well etc etc.. i know that when he's back, we will fall out over who is allowed to be the most tired, him or me. i know he will be jet lagged, but given that the last few days we have kept in touch via email, and he has emailed me at 12.30am, and 1.30am singapore time , my sympathy over him being tired is going to be a little stretched over the fact that some of it is self inflicted.
best way through it is arrange things to do, playdates, lunch time get togethers, invite other mums round for a meal. i did that last week, 5 of us came to mine and i cooked, it was fun!.