lucabrasi999's Journal: Vacation is approaching

Ah, yes, another couple of weeks, and my family and myself take a nice seven day break on Hilton Head Island, South Carolina.

A couple of months ago, in my journal, I talked about being kicked off of a project in Minneapolis. It only took me four weeks before my company found me a contract in Chicago. So, I've been commuting to Chicagoland for about 10 weeks or so since that time (unfortunately, the client is deep in the suburbs and NOT in downtown Chicago).

It's been a very busy contract. I have been billing about 45 hours a week AND my company has asked me to put in an additional 5 hours a week on internal crap. Add in the 10 hours I spend on air travel to and from the client a week, and I'm pretty fucking exhausted.

I really miss my wife and son. Even when I'm home, I spend alot of time on the computer, doing work. I do actually look forward to waking up with Connor at 6-ish am on Saturdays and Sundays, just to hang out with the rugrat.

The company gave me a six percent raise in May. Shocked the hell out of me. I was actually looking for other, non-traveling work. Now, I make more money. On one hand, I hate being away from my wife and son. On the other hand, a job in my hometown would probably mean a 20% cut in pay.

Decisions. Now where did I put that magic 8-ball?