"If they're just words, then why waste my energy?" Finding her beer, she took a sip from the bottle as she watched him in thought. "We are doing this. Which is why I won't make you a promise I know I can't keep. I'm only one person and I am already pulled in too many directions, you've watched me long enough to know that. The only thing I can promise is to communicate more with you about when I will be away and for how long. I can try to create more of a work-life balance, but it's not going to happen overnight."