It's not trivial, it's how you are feeling right now, so it can't be trivial.
Use the time apart to do some fun stuff for you or for the house. Repaint the living room
Throw out all those grungy t-shirts of his that you can't stand
Have hamburgers for breakfast and frosted flakes for dinner, enjoy the solitude.
Those weeks will just fly by... For fun, ask him to leave you some "hidden" notes around the house for you to find, and you can leave him some notes in his suitcase for him to open at pre-determined intervals. Use internet chat -- with web cams -- so you can see each others faces.
COme here and vent to us -- we'll listen...