This past week has been quite a week. I have been on the road with my Travel Guy while he has been working. How did this happen you ask? Well, the stars were aligned, the timing was just right, the destinations were workable, and there was an opportunity for me to say, yes I would like to go with you. So I did.
This trip has been a whirlwind of travel for me, totally the norm for Travel Man. We left California last Tuesday morning for our first destination; Quincy, MI. We flew into Chicago’s Midway Airport, and drove to our Michigan location. Travel Man worked there for two days, and then on Friday we headed to Demopolis, Alabama via Chicago, again. He worked the weekend on his second assignment in Alabama, and then we headed for home yesterday morning. That is a story all on its own.
It has been quite a while since I travelled out on a job assignment with my hubby, and it just reminds me of how unique his work-a-day world is. He really does not live in the Monday through Friday world at all. He lives in the job assignment to job assignment world. Many of his assignments require him to travel over the weekend, so his Monday’s and Friday’s come and go with little or no fanfare. Not a lot of TGIF’s in his work world.
Now, I realize that the “Road Warrior” schedule is not for everyone, but my Travel Guy, he just puts his nose to the grindstone and gets the job done. He does not always get to sleep in. He is not always able to be home for Sunday breakfasts and the like, but this is his job. It’s what he does, it’s how he rolls, and how we pay the bills.
We had some crazy weather while we were in Michigan. We saw lots of lightning, heard some awesome thunder, and on our way back to the airport on Friday there were a few snow flurries. Isn’t this April already? What happened to Springtime?
We, or I should say I, had some serious issues on Friday figuring out what time zone we were in. I was insistent that we would be on East Coast time in Alabama, Travel Man was not convinced. Thank goodness for the automatic updates on the cell phones. I totally relied on my cell phone for that update, and readily admitted I was wrong. We were on Central time.
Now that I have experienced this work-a-day travel first hand again, it is much easier for me to relate to the fact that my guy can feel like a total zombie when he gets home. And it usually takes a few days for him to feel “normal” again. The time changes can really mess with your brain and your body clock.
All in all this has been somewhat of a relaxing time for both of us. We have gotten to spend some much-needed time together, gotten caught up on some missed conversations, and gotten to eat more than a few meals together. Over the next week I will have a few adventures and tales to share with all of you about my week on the road. Stay tuned for more of my tales, “On the Road with Travel Man”.