I'm leaving on a jet plane...

[wei yau]

Well, I leave tomorrow for Puebla, Mexico. I'll be taking part in work project for Habitat for Humanity (http://www.freethought-forum.com/forum/showpost.php?p=11364&postcount=21).

I started this thread not to discuss the project (though I fully intend to share a report with you all once I return). I started this thread because I'm filled with anxiety over the trip.

I'm not worried about flying (necessarily). And I'm not worried about the work we're doing in Mexico. It's for a good cause and I'm glad to do it.

I'm worried about how much I'll miss my daughter.

Just thinking about it gets me weepy and anxious. I'll be gone for a week and I can hardly bear the thought of being separated from her. Going to pick her up from daycare is the highlight of my day. It's not that I'm glad to get out of work (though I am), it's because I so look forward to seeing her again.

I know I'm going to cry when I leave her for the airport. My wife is going with me and has been instructed not to tease me over the fact that I'll be crying like a big baby. I'm such a softie. Even that friggin' "crybaby" smiley gets me all emotional.

I know I'm making a big deal over nothing, but my rational side is not having any affect on my emotional side.

So, can someone smack some sense into me and tell me to get over it?

(I don't know how to attach images, but, if you want to see them on the JC Penney's Studio site, click here (https://www.smilesbywire.com/home.asp?AC=LTP28202031026JCP) )

[Godless Dave]

Try to keep the anxiety you feel about not seeing your daughter for a week as a treasured memory. It might help you when she's 23 and you can't get her to move the hell out of your house.

[Ronin]

So, can someone smack some sense into me and tell me to get over it?

Nope.

Revel in it, Eldar, cherish every thought and emotion right this very moment.

[ApostateAbe]

Be a man for your family, dammit, not a pussy, for god's sake.

http://www.futurama-madhouse.com.ar/fanart/tokash/slap.gif

[livius drusus]

You're going to have a great, productive, enjoyable time. Knowing that you'll see her again in a week is only going to make the week apart even more special. Besides, you and your wife will be able to scrum like noisy, noisy woodchucks again.
:fantasy:

[wei yau]

Thanks to all of you. You are all a good bunch of people, I don't care what the rest of the Internet says.

Besides, you and your wife will be able to scrum like noisy, noisy woodchucks again.
:fantasy:

After a 10-12 hour day of building homes at high-elevation in the Mexican heat...the only noises we'll be making will be aching groans like elderly Jews in a Forest Hills 3-story walkup (but it's rent-controlled).

Be a man for your family, dammit, not a pussy, for god's sake.

I can watch that clip forever. :D

cherish every thought and emotion right this very moment

Thank you. You are a true warrior-philosopher.

It might help you when she's 23 and you can't get her to move the hell out of your house.

My daughter has already assured me that she wants to dedicate the rest of her life to taking care of her old dad. I'm holding her to that.

[beyelzu]

Focus on the good that you are going to get accomplished by going, which, I suppose, is the reason that you chose to go in the first place.

and in that vein of thought

:bow: :bow:

[livius drusus]

My daughter has already assured me that she wants to dedicate the rest of her life to taking care of her old dad. I'm holding her to that.

Ha! My daddy tries to rub my nose in my own childish misstatements all the time. Does it work? That would be a big Hell No, pops. :girltong:

[wei yau]

This is my last post. Have a great week y'all.

:mexico: ! Here I :flyaway:!

[livius drusus]

Bye, eldar! Have a great time and be safe, please. Come back soon. :byecry:

[viscousmemories]

Good luck, eldar! :wave:

[Roland98]

I'm worried about how much I'll miss my daughter.

Just thinking about it gets me weepy and anxious. I'll be gone for a week and I can hardly bear the thought of being separated from her. Going to pick her up from daycare is the highlight of my day. It's not that I'm glad to get out of work (though I am), it's because I so look forward to seeing her again.


I totally understand. Every time I'm away from my kids for more than a day or so, I look at every child I pass on the street and completely miss mine and wish they were with me.


Until I get home and they remind me of what screaming little evil heathen monsters they really are. :D (Nah, they're good, really). Hope you had a good time and looking forward to the update when you return.