I survived…
It was unavoidable, so when I was informed that I’d have to fly to NY for work, I didn’t really trip out. Traveling is something I knew was a part of the business when I moved over to consulting. Up to this point, I’ve have it pretty comfortable so what can I complain about?
Explaining to the boy that I had to go away for a week however was an experience in itself. I’d never left him for as long as he can remember. The last time I left him was for my honeymoon and he was only 10 months old. He didn’t like the idea of me being gone at all. I have to admit I was little heartbroken at the thought myself. But I gave him advance notice to not catch him completely off guard and he was cool until about an hour before I was supposed to leave for the airport. We were at the park with my mom, who’d come down for his birthday that weekend, and UnkT and the kids. He came up to me out of nowhere and burst into tears. It took everything in me to keep myself together. It wasn’t that I didn’t expect it, but not right then. I thought that would have come as I was leaving to go to the airport. And of course his waterworks set off my moms. I swear the two of them crying together is never a good sight. He settled down after a few minutes and thankfully was distracted by McDonalds with UnkT’s crew.
I’m blessed to have friends who are family. They stepped in and made Mama got back to the airport safely and the boy was taken care of for the week while I was gone. It made being away a lot easier. My trip itself was extremely productive and a learning experience to say the least. In another lifetime without kids, I’d probably make myself more accessible as far as traveling to client sites just to be more in front of what’s really going on. In the meantime though…lol…I expect I’ll have to go back to that particular site for three weeks in December to assist with post production support. Before that, I may have to take another trip or two. The good thing is now that I have gotten the first one of of the way, it won’t be as hard and I know what to do differently. The boy got over on a few things and is suffering tremendously because of it, so I don’t think I’ll have to worry much about that again. As long as I don’t have to travel with four other co-workers again the next go round, I’ll be good to go too…lol
