Leaving on a jet plane....

Hi there! #1Wife here again! So, I've been thinking about travel a lot recently. My job requires a decent amount of pretty major travel. In fact, I am going to LA, Paris, Israel, Barcelona and Tokyo before the end of the year. This all sounds exotic and wonderful but the truth is, I will be sitting in an air conditioned room for most of time I am in all of these great locales. Don't get me wrong, there will be some fun moments (for example, next week I am going on a booze cruise out of Marina del Rey with the work peeps which should be interesting if nothing else) but I am mostly concerned about missing #1son so much that I can't stand it. I know he will be well cared for between Martinidad and our wonderful nanny, but it is really hard on mommy to be away for a week at a time. I mean, who isn't going to miss this



On the other side of the coin, I am missing the days of wonderful, international travel for pleasure. We used to take 1 or 2 major trips every year but that isn't going to happen any time soon. I am already daydreaming about our 10 year anniversary trip....it's only 1.5 years away! It seems like everyone I know is going on fabulous vacations this summer. I received a group email asking about dates for a get together at the home of BestMan and someone replied to all and wrote "Hello from Corsica...I will be in Miami for a few days in August then I am leaving to travel again..." Um, hello? Doesn't anyone have a JOB anymore? Sorry, I digress!

I do like my job (most of the time) and I do like a lot of the things that go along with having a job...my own money, adult interaction, feeling like I am contributing, etc, but the travel can be hard. Any working parents out there have a good strategy for managing business travel? I would love some advice!