August 30, 2010

Home-body

Blogging has been at a minimum the last few weeks, in part simply because my schedule and calendar have overwhelmed me. Unfortunately, I'm not sure it will ease up anytime soon. With so much cluttering my day planner (okay, no, I don't really use one anymore, but I probably should), most of my free-time has been consumed by other responsibilities.

One of those responsibilities taking up huge blocks of my time on the calendar is travel. From March 2009 to July 2010, I enjoyed a prolonged period of homefront assignments. In other words, I did not travel once during that period for business. This was a major departure from the norm, given what I do. However, since mid-July, I've been gone from home two full weeks, and on Wednesday will depart again for a short 3-day jaunt to Leavenworth, KS. That trip will be interesting, if only for the fact that I've never been there.

What I have discovered, however, is just how much of a home-body I've become in the last year and a half. I like coming home to my family every night. A trip now and then is okay, but as I face this trip, and additional business trips in late October and mid-November, well, I get tired just thinking about it.

So all things considered, home is a good place to be.

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