chat_history: ['In a week my wife will finally be back from being out of the country for 2 months!', 'Oh geez! Why was she gone for so long?', 'She was taking a language course in Germany for her graduate studies.']
sys_response: That's pretty cool! That would be hard though! Were you all able to talk a lot?
situation: My wife is getting back from being in Germany for 2 months in a week.  I can't wait!