I always go through cycles at work. When we are in the middle of development for a project I travel very little. When we are working on the design of a new product I tend to travel all the time. We are in the middle of design. I spent the past two weeks traveling. Earlier last month I was also in London and the south of France for a while. I am very happy to be back home. The kids have been doing cute stuff and I usually find out over email from my wife.
The good news: I don’t think I will be traveling for at least the next two weeks. Andrew starts school in around a week. This will be his first day at a real school, but he has been going to pre-school since he was 2 so I don’t think this is going to be too hard on him. I think his sister Tracy is going to find his absence difficult to deal with. Andrew and Tracy have been playing together all the time. They get into the normal spats between brother and sister, but they also seem to be the best of friends. Tracy has always been a little shy in new situations. We have signed her up for pre-school but it starts two weeks after Andrew starts school. I fear that the adjustment to loosing Andrew as a playmate during most of the day followed by thrusting her into a class that does not have any of her old teachers is going to be a problem for her. I hope she is strong and self-confident when we start her pre-school.
I am looking forward with apprehension to both first days at school. I am really happy I am going to be home for them.
