Context: My wife has been out of the country for school for 2 months.  She gets back in a week, I'm super excited!
Speaker 1: My wife has been out of the country for 2 months, she gets back in a week.  I can't wait!
Speaker 2: That's good! I bet you missed her a lot.
Speaker 1: I really did.  It'll be great to have her back :)
Speaker 2: I'm sure she'll have a lot to tell you about her trip!