Did Not See It - But Should Have

[RDS]

Today was an up and down day for me as far my job goes. I got a call from the same VP who offered me the job in Chattanooga. He wanted me to travel there tomorrow and take over the project at Friday midnight. He told me I would be there "2 weeks, hopefully 1 week". I then called the program manager of the project and he said I would be there for about 4 months.

My head was spinning. Being there for 2 weeks is one thing, but being there for 4 months is a game changer. I kept running everything through my head about what going to happen with my bills, the spousal support court dates, my IC appointments, and even my DB coach dates. Paying the bills was a big concern because I've just now got a handle on it. My W taking care of the bills was a result of being gone a lot while I was in the military and a continuation of my travel for my civilian job.

I also had the idea of telling myself I had to tell my W I was going to work out of state for months, but then I realized that was stupid because she isn't my W currently. We are married but currently she is not my W.

She would have to learn of my travels later while I was already there because she isn't my crutch anymore. I have to put my "big boy" pants on and get on with it on my own.

Luckily, on the drive home I got a call from my program manager here and said they were killing the idea of me going there as the costs of paying me per diem and other travel costs were a little to expensive. But, it's still up in the air going forward. I was a much relieved guy.