Business trip
So I'm going on a business trip next week. I'm accompanying our associate publisher on a four-city, five day trip around the midwest, where I'll be meeting with upwards of 10 clients, if our current schedule holds.
I'm really looking forward to this. Increasingly we've been matching our sales people up with editorial people when they go on client calls, and both departments really get a lot out of it. I think the clients feel better too, when they get the attention from both sides of the publishing business simultaneously.
Plus it'll be the first time since March that I've gone on the road, and while I'm not big fan of jet travel or living in hotels, I've grown a bit weary of the day-to-day grind and am yearning for something different.
The icing on the cake is that I get to meet with a few clients of ours that I really enjoy spending time with, and almost never get to see outside of Macworld Expo events, when we're all usually so crazy busy that we might as well not be seeing each other at all.
Of course, the trip will cause a bit of stress at home, as I'll be gone essentially for seven days. I expect Bonnie will be exhausted and burnt out when I get home. I feel bad about that. I wish I was in a position to get her some help with the kids, especially. Maybe some day!