Traveling

After I typed the title, it looked like I had misspelled it. Spell check did not high light the word so it must be correct. I chose the subject because it is something that I used to do quite frequently for work but have been fortunate to have that chapter of my life closed for the last several years. When I worked for Champion Spark Plug, I traveled all of the time. We lived in Iowa and I flew to Toledo almost weekly for long stretches of time. Either we were putting in a new computer system and spent weeks training and correcting data or we were moving departments and went weekly to train new people and learn new jobs. Everyone thinks that traveling is so much fun because you get to eat out all the time and see new and exciting things. It gets very old, real quick.

My next bout of traveling was with Tenneco. Again we were putting in a new software package so I went to their headquarters in the Chicago area week after week for training. Then the plant consolidations started and I was going to Culver, Indiana week after week. It got older even quicker. My latest job has required minimal travel and few overnight stays. I am grateful for that because my kids are very active in sports and other extra curricular activities and it is tough to miss them. I missed my oldest daughter’s first two Halloweens due to business trips. That was tough.

Now my wife has entered the work force and is being given the chance to take business trips. She is very excited and loves seeing places that she has never been before and playing golf all over the place. I am excited for her because it is her chance to get out and see things. I have traveled all over the place whether it was the Army, business or just vacation. There are a few places I would like to see but I want her with me. So I am hoping that my business traveling days are over and the only trips I’ll take will be taking are to some warm sunny beach, sipping an adult beverage.

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