Weird Twist with Kids 

Today has been very strange to me. Vacation with the kids last week was great. A lot of good time together and very low stress. We came back Friday and had a good weekend. Today was the first "long" visit with Dad for them. They left this afternoon and will be gone for ten days. I have always done so well emotionally with the weekend visits, in fact, enjoyed the opportunity to be by myself but this time it feels so lonely. I know it is in my head because they have only been gone for a few hours - and I miss them already. I figured I would be fine the first few days and then missing them would kick in. 
It just all seems so pointless. He "has to have them" but they are two hours away and he will leave them everyday to go to work. I know I am working everyday too but I don't drive almost two hours to get to work, work eight hours and then drive back. It just seems like a lot to ask them to be away from their friends and own house with their stuff for their Dad to be with them for a couple of hours every night. I know it is all part of us being separated and is now just the way we will be living from now on. 
Hopefully, I will feel better tomorrow.