moms/ career types

stpetegirl

I have a conference to attend next week that is about a 4 hour drive away. I just checked and I can fly in for under a hundred bucks. I don't know if I should fly in the day before and get some sleep at the conference hotel then fly home that evening. Or if I should just fly in and out the same day. I would save the money on the hotel and not be away from the family the night before, but it makes for a long day, I'd have to be at the airport by about 6am and I wouldn't get home until 11pm. Plus if the flight is delayed I would miss the conference. 

EastCoastBride

I'd go the night before.  The family will be fine for a night w/o you!  Even before I had DS, I had to fly to and from Chicago i none day, and it was for was about a 3 hour meeting.  So I was home at a "normal" time- and it was pretty exhausting.

Go, give yourself a night to yourself!

Eddy1

Go the night before. You will be a exhausted mom anyways if you have that long of a day so why rush yourself just for the sake of getting home. :-)

cbwm

I'd definitely go the night before. That sounds like a miserable day, if you're up by 5 and not home until closer to midnight.

huber22

Get the sleep.

This is the mom in me talking.

cvillebetrothed

fly out the night before.  it's worth it to be ready for your conference.  this is a time to prioritize work over giving the kids baths and tucking them in.

stpetegirl

I booked it for the day before. I have just been away from the kids a lot the past few weeks. I was out of town for work three weekends ago, two weekends ago I had the half marathon in miami and our anniversary so I was gone then and this past saturday I stayed overnight in a hotel downtown for a friend's birthday. But, they don't know that in two weeks we are going away for a family vacation for a week. So we will be able to really spend some time together.