to those of you who travel a lot for work....

egpitt22 · May 2014

Kudos to you, I don't know how you do it!! This is going to be followed by a bit of a whine, but I was in Boston for work for 3 days 2 weeks ago, then Brian's grandfather passed away, so I was home for 2 days and then we drove 5 hours to stay with his family for the services. we were there for 4 days, I was at home for 3 days then drove to DC for a family wedding for 3 days, came home yesterday late afternoon. I am exhausted, I feel like my house is a mess, we have no food, my laundry is taking over the house...ugh! 3 baseball games this week won't help the situation, but at least we have a holiday weekend coming up...I could use the extra day!!

Anyone else have a Monday whine?

AmandaJLewis · May 2014

That sounds exhausting Emmy! That sort of lifestyle would not work for me long term either. Kev does travel for work, every few weeks and I actually don't mind his being away from time to time. But that is because I take a break on meal prep and we do silly things like have popcorn for dinner.

waltsgirl102503 · May 2014

It feels like it takes forever to get caught up from things like that Emmy. I couldn't travel all of the time either.

I will whine with you! Mine is a two fold whine. I took Friday off to spring clean. I got Noah's room, the living room, hallway/coat closet and bathroom done. On Saturday I did our bedroom...but I had a sore throat. I powered through it and hoped it would go away. I woke up so sick yesterday with a really bad cold. So I had two rooms left - kitchen/dining room, that didn't' get cleaned. and I was so on track to have everything done. I was too sick to finish yesterday. THEN, I did muster the energy to go to WW and I gained a freakin' pound! I worked my ass off on Friday and Saturday, taking short breaks to eat lunch and dinner. I didn't snack, I didn't have time. I didn't eat bad when I did eat. And I gain a pound. Blah.

Meghan&Rich · May 2014

Rich and I travel sporadically, but every once in a while we both travel heavily at the same time, and it is definitely hectic and stressful!

lala5507 · May 2014

I'm tired just reading your post! I'm sorry for you loss. And I'm sorry for your crazy busy schedule. Hope things slow down a bit for you!

scubagirl81 · May 2014

Wow, what a crazy time! That makes me tired too. I think if we were going through a spot like that, I might pay someone to come clean my house just to get caught back up.

Also, I'm sorry for your family's loss. That's a tough thing to have to throw into an already crazy time.

MrsAmers · May 2014

R is traveling T-F this week. With the kids at two different schools and great path from Squirrel Hill to the North Shore, there is no way I can be in the office 8 hours each day. So in addition to solo kid-wrangling, cooking, bathing and trying not get behind on laundry/dishes, I'm going to have to work from home in the evening to make up the time I'm short.

The process of trying to organize our house better has made it messier in the short term and I'm in that state where I feel like it's never going to be straightened up again. Or at least until I can afford to take a few days of PTO.

Last, DH is trying to overschedule out summer. It is all fun stuff, but it is too much. Not looking forward to the negotiations.

Is that enough whining?

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