Abandoning My Post 

I'm heading out of town early tomorrow morning on a business trip.  And since I need to be at the airport early, I dropped the kids off with their father earlier this evening.

So we loaded up the backpacks with everything they needed for school.  My son also brought a bag of clean clothes  - since he's growing so fast, he doesn't have a large enough supply of clothes at Dad's house.  And I checked off the to-do's while I'm gone:  son has lunch money and needs to work on his Latin and math assignments; daughter has a pre-loaded lunch card at her school cafeteria, but needs a lunch packed for Monday. 

Dad's got the list of phone numbers (plus I'll have my cell phone) plus my itinerary,  and he knows the morning drill.  And I even had my daughter take a shower earlier today so that the bathroom line in the AM would be manageable.

And even with all this manic organization - I still forgot a few things, so sent a quick follow up email once I got back home. 

Am I going away for a week?  Am I flying off to Borneo?  Nope and nope - I'm just flying south a few hundred miles, and will be returning Wednesday afternoon.  But I still feel hyper-responsible - I want to make sure their Dad has everything he needs to handle everything smoothly without a single hitch. 

See, I love traveling for business.  I get to sleep in a clean bed that someone else made.  I can socialize with other adults in the evening without worrying about overseeing homework, or breaking up kid fights, or getting back to my room on time.  And when I'm done playing, I can head back upstairs to my quiet, clean hotel room and fall asleep to the television if I want to.  Have someone bring me fresh brewed coffee on a tray in the morning.  And it's all on the company dime, no less! 

So if it means I have to be hyper-organized in order to make it worth Dad's while to take them so I can travel for work, well - that's a small price to pay.  Not to mention the fact that they love staying with Dad during the week. 

Now - to go pack my own suitcase already...!