Well the past couple of years I've been hot and heavy on the travelling contract IT professional bandwagon. I travel around the country to Hospitals and deploy computers, software, printers, scanners, and some miscellaneous hospital equipment. I travel either on Sunday evening or Monday morning, and return home either Thursday evening or sometime Friday. When I'm not working 80-100 hour weeks, my usual schedule is ~44 hours... but even those weeks are draining with the travel.
Needless to say, my writing has stagnated. When getting back to the hotel, the last thing I want to do is make my brain work hard. These last three years have been quite a roller coaster... from being unemployed and uninterested in a relationship to having a beautiful woman, a 19 month-old son, a bratty 14 year-old girl, three dogs, and a job that keeps me away from that family for all but 1-2 days a week.
We are currently looking into daycare for my son... which will directly lead to an additional income in the household...
Hopefully then I'll be able to start looking for local work. Being the sole breadwinner right now makes it tough... travelling pays 30-40% more than something stationary. Ideally I'd like to go back to school... but we'll have to wait and see how things pan out!
