In which I left town, all by myself
Posted by Isabel on February 3rd, 2010. Filed under: Me, Work.I get really homesick.
Really homesick.
A few days before I leave I start to get sad and will cry at the though of not being home.
I miss The King. I miss my Sweet Babboo. But mostly, I just being at my own house in my own bed.
I flew out of Seattle yesterday. I was missing my boys so much that I was crying before I even got into the taxi. By the last leg of the flight into Oklahoma City I was so sick to my stomach that I was pretty sure I was going to puke on the nice guy sitting next to me. (Thankfully I did NOT vomit. It took all of my will power to keep the vomit inside my body. That nice guy sitting by me owes me a big “thank you”.)
This is my first time in Oklahoma. I’ve heard about what a great state this is. Naturally my first visit takes place dead in the middle of a huge snow storm. NATURALLY! That’s just how my luck runs.
Oh yeah, and in case I forgot to mention….I WORK OUTSIDE. Naturally.
I was able to find my long johns that I used to wear when I lived in Utah. They still fit. And so I wore long johns today and was totally okay with that. I also wore my one pair of “winter boots”, and The King’s fingerless gloves. (He doesn’t know I took them. I hope he doesn’t mind.) My boots took up most of my suitcase, which means I had to get creative with packing options. I didn’t pack my round brush. I guess I’ll be rocking a ponytail all week. I’ll just act like it was plan to not do my hair. (I’m pretty sure my coworker won’t notice. So you know, whatever.)
So yeah, homesick. It hits me hard. I talked to Babboo on the phone tonight and, without me even asking, he told me how sad he was that I wasn’t at home. Dude, join the club. There is nowhere I’d rather be then at my house. Be assured. What’s interesting about me being so homesick is that I was never homesick until I got married. As I youth I could leave home and not give it a second thought. You’d think as I got older that it would only become easier, not harder.
Am I the only adult that gets homesick? Is this weird?
It wouldn’t be so hard if this darn hotel bed wasn’t so big and wasn’t so empty.
February 3rd, 2010 at 12:03 pm
Oh my…I get HORRIBLY homesick when I am away from my family. Now, as long as the Mr. and Al are with me, I am all about going, but without them, I’m miserable.
I had to spend a week away for a work conference several years ago, and I was sick with it. Sobbing in my hotel room sick. I went to NYC with my mom (my MOM!) to visit my brother without the Mr. when I was pregnant with Al and I was miserable the whole time.
It’s not so bad when I have my sister-in-law with me–we go on short 1- or 2- night girls’ trips every now and then. She keeps me distracted with shopping. Heh.
So no. You are totally not alone.
February 3rd, 2010 at 1:37 pm
oh honey! I’m so sorry. I get homesick, too. It’s like — I love the quiet and time to think an entire thought without interruption, but then the quiet becomes overwhelming and so darn quiet. I want their noise and dirty hands grabbing at me.
XOXO while you travel and try to enjoy yourself. Just think of how excited they’ll be to see you when you return and realize how much you do around the house for them.
February 3rd, 2010 at 2:28 pm
breaking my heart. I don’t really get homesick. I might after 10 days or so, but I’m never away from home that long.
And yes, it’s a crappy time to visit Oklahoma. I apologize on Oklahoma’s behalf. And if you can survive till tomorrow night I promise to help make you feel less homesick.
February 3rd, 2010 at 2:53 pm
I never got homesick when I was young and went away. But I don’t know if I get homesick now because I haven’t gone away for any extended period of time. I think it would be hard to explore somewhere new, though, without the people you normally want to explore with. So yeah, I think I would be homesick, too.
I hope your time in OK goes fast!
February 3rd, 2010 at 3:23 pm
There may or may not be a surprise for you in the mail when you get back. To help with both the homesickness and the seasonal affective disorder. I don’t know. Maybe. (I was going to let it be a surprise, but then I couldn’t wait. Oh well.)
February 3rd, 2010 at 8:06 pm
Oh man. It blows. I sleep like poo when I am gone and I always stay up really late because I am stressing myself out about being gone. Considering I am usually gone 7 nites a month, that is a really crappy sleep schedule. Plus eating somewhere alone blows so I eat a lot of Subway in my hotel room.
Again, it blows.
February 3rd, 2010 at 9:11 pm
I cannot relate to this very well–but I wish I was in Oklahoma so we could have gone to dinner or something. I’m no King or Babboo, but I make for pretty good company, I think.
xox
February 3rd, 2010 at 9:35 pm
As a flight attendant I get homesick as well. After flying for 5 years I’ve created a general rule. I will not spend more than TWO nights a week away from my family. Not always possible but I try to stick to it. That way the hubs has time to himself, I make moolah and then we can all happily converge with gushes of how much we missed eachother.
Works like a charm.
February 3rd, 2010 at 9:47 pm
i’m another one who gets terribly homesick even before i leave. just left my little family of four for the first time EVER this past weekend. had to literally force myself to drive down the driveway and away from them b/c this little trip was for pleasure, not for work. i did have a good time but never stopped missing them for one second and almost ate them all whole when i returned. so yeah, i get the homesick thing as an adult.
February 4th, 2010 at 5:40 am
I totally relate!! Ok, I live in OKC! How long are you here?
February 4th, 2010 at 4:07 pm
unrelated question for you- do you still post at that we heart tv blog? I was trying to find it today and if I did, it says it’s only open to invited guests. I was curious because I used to read the posts about Lost. Thanks.
February 4th, 2010 at 10:20 pm
I know exactly what you mean. I travel constantly for work and I hate every minute of it. I hate airports, security lines, planes, hotels, eating out every meal, planning what your going to wear all week, and being away from my hubby. I get myself so worked up that I usually make myself sick the night before I leave. Boo.
February 4th, 2010 at 10:54 pm
hoping we can make you forget for a little this evening!
and today was totally yuck!
i kept thinking about all the cold, wet weather in your hair!
February 5th, 2010 at 2:40 am
I wish I was in Washington too! It’s awesome there. And they have Forks.
Anyone would be homesick!
I miss you… I Feel like you’ve been gone forever!
February 5th, 2010 at 4:40 am
I don’t know if I get homesick because I never go anywhere.
But! I hope you get to go home soon, or at least get to get warm. Your post made me want to make hot chocolate!
February 5th, 2010 at 6:55 pm
I would probably be terribly homesick if I was away from home without my family. However, I have never had the opportunity to go away without them, so I can’t really say for sure.
February 5th, 2010 at 8:23 pm
Pollyanna: Oh how lucky you are to have something to be homesick for! And it really is true, it sucks balls to be far away from home with nobody but lame co-workers to be with while you miss your family. I don’t have a hubby or any kids so I can only imagine, I can extrapolate the way I feel when I don’t see my boyfriend by many many itterations and what it comes out to feels crappy, hang in there!
February 10th, 2010 at 1:48 pm
So sorry you were feeling so sad, chica. You are doing such a great thing contributing to your family this way – but you know that.
February 15th, 2010 at 7:24 am
you crack me up..
I dont know what fried orca is either?? never even heard of it!
I dont eat ribs, or anything “off the bone” (chicken legs, pork chops, etc)… dont know why, but i have always had a weird “thing” about tearing meat with my teeth.. just seems so….primal, I guess…
hey, six kids in my family…. all “J” names!!…all named after someone special to my parents as well!
February 15th, 2010 at 7:25 am
oh oops.. I commented to the wrong post!
this was supposed to be referring to your post about Fried Orca…
March 3rd, 2010 at 1:38 am
Most of my work trips are only an overnight, so you’d think I’d cherish a restful night of sleep, but I cry every time I say good-bye to Luke and the kids. Every time.
(Maybe one day you and I will meet up while traveling for work. Hey, it could happen!)