Snuggling with Cleopatra

Having to travel for work seems so cool, exiting and fun but the reality is usually none of those things; sure, the first few times travelling in business class and with a company expense card, staying in great hotels and in new locations is good but the novelty soon wears off.

Eventually one realises that travelling for work means the company expects greater output to account for the additional costs and that the comforts of home are a long way off and it all starts to lose its shine until it becomes little more than a mundane chore.

Well, sort of; there's still some good aspects to it but it starts to wear thin after doing it over and over again and the excitement goes away - just another day at the "office," albeit it a different location.

I miss my own bed, the way I know my way around my house with the lights off, the comfort of having my things around me, scent of the flowers my girlfriend grows and brings inside, items that I've collected over my life and which make me feel at ease, and I miss my girlfriend and Cleopatra. "Cleo."

I'm travelling for work currently, I'm typing this late in the evening after travelling and working all day then returning to my hotel for a shower, room service dinner and to work some more. Dinner was very nice, I have a glass of red wine beside me and some music in the background, but it's not home and there's two girls missing...the two girls that make wherever I am feel like home - as long as they are with me.

The night before I left for this trip Cleo came up onto the bed to snuggle which isn't unusual. I wrapped her up in "her blanket" given to her by a friend, and she settled in right next to me which is when I took the image you see above. Looking at it now makes me feel happy because she's so damned cute and cuddly but also sad that I'm not there right now in my comfortable home with my two girls.

I've got five days left in this work trip and I can hardly wait to get home. I'll have a gift for my girlfriend, I always return home with something for her, and I'll have some snuggles to catch up on with her and Cleo, they're just so good.

I never take for granted that I have a great life, one I've created over many years and with much effort, and I never take for granted the most valuable things I have such as my health and those two girls I mentioned above; knowing they'll be there when I get home makes the effort of working so hard worth while.