I am going away for a work trip long haul next week. It is work but it is an event and it is quite a treat as I am also able to bring a guest (expenses paid). My DH can’t get time off work so I am bringing a friend. I will be away for 4 nights (essentially the whole working week). A good friend of ours will be helping DH out with DS nursery pick up and DH is able to work from home on one of the days so it should be fine. But it will still be a lot for DH to juggle as I usually leave work early, do nursery pick up, supper etc.
A few other colleagues have invited me and my friend to stay on for a few nights to make the most of the fact we are having flights paid for. By most standards it would be a very cheap holiday. BUT it will still probably cost about £150 and it means staying away three extra nights (so I would be away the whole week and coming back Monday morning to come straight into work). And we are reasonably strapped for cash at the moment (we are fine but we don’t have much money for any extras). We are also going away to a festival the following weekend (not costing), then going on holiday the weekend after that (not costing us much as we paid for our flights last year and got them for a song and staying with friends, but still costing some as it always does a bit) and to a wedding the weekend after that (only cost is present and petrol as we can stay with family). I’m also nearly 7 months pregnant. Writing it down I am thinking I sound like a lunatic for considering going.
But what do you think? The reason I want to go is because come August (new baby arrives) that is it for me for going out and holidays etc for a while and I really do want to make the most of the fact I can have some fun (the first 6 months/a year of my first DS’ life was v tough as he was/still is a horrendous sleeper). I also feel like it is such a shame to miss an opportunity to have a lovely holiday that almost totally paid for.
On the flipside I feel slightly bad for my DH that he will have to hold the fort for a whole week while I live it up and do spend a bit of money that ideally we shouldn’t be spending. I know I have every right to have some fun once in a while but I wonder if I was posting this saying my husband wants to go away for a week, spend money, leave me to do everything at home etc I might get a lot of ‘thoughtless DH’ responses?