Embracing the Boondoggle

I’ve been traveling a ton for work. And while, yes, I do get pangs of guilt for leaving my kiddies, there has been an unexpected upside – a lot of ME time. Some may call it selfish, but I’ll be honest, ME time is fabulous.

There was the Aspen ski weekend I finagled with my husband when I traveled to Denver on business. There was my self-guided, spring tour of Seattle from the Space Needle to the world’s first Starbucks. And then there was the salsa dancing lesson I took in Toronto . But it’s also those small things that I find luxurious like sitting on a train to Washington, DC , where I was able to read not only the “Wall Street Journal” and “US Weekly” but also a novel. Those three uninterrupted hours of train time in the “quiet car” were simply sublime... {more}