How do you deal with long seperations from your spouse?

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So, how would you deal with long seperations from your spouse? If your husband or wife had to work double shifts often and you rarely saw them, how would you maximize the time you had with them? How would you cope with the loneliness? For nearly three years after our daughter was born, my husband worked double shifts almost every day of the week. And, he was rarely home. It wasn't as if he didn't want to be home. But, with bills being the way they were, we didn't have a choice. Raising a kid is very expensive. There were many times when we didn't speak to each other for days. Either he was sleeping or I was. It was a pretty tough thing to go through. During that time I kept myself busy by taking care of my daughter and watching television. There wasn't much else to do, except occasionally go online. After awhile we got a cell phone and were able to talk to him while he was at work. That helped ease the loneliness. Things have gotten better and he is home more now, but there is always the possibility he will have to go back to that schedule again. And, I am certainly not looking forward to it! If you were in a similar situation how would you cope with being alone most of the time?