I hate traveling for work

[TAB]

Just left and can't wait to get home.    Still have a 5 hour drive and atleast 4 hours work... yeah I am going to sleep tonight

[alfsauve]

I use to love it.

In the USAF, I would be gone 8 weeks at a stretch.   It was a big adventure.  The orders would read, Report to Aircraft Commander mission #xxxxx on yy/mm/dd and proceed as ordered."  End date would always be open ended.   Never knew where we were going or when we'd get back.  And back then there were no cell phones.  Making a long distance call on a mission was expensive and a breach of security.

In 20+ years of corporate life I loved to travel.  LA, Vegas, NY, whereever.   And I loved to explore when I got there.

But times have a-changed.  Travel, by air, isn't nearly as fun.  I've got too many things I want to do at home and dislike the interruption.  Still like a good adventure, but on my terms and time, not somebody else's. 

[TAB]

See for me I see the airport, job site, hotel and maybe a city hall.  I din't have time to do anything else.  I work atleast 16 hours a day.  18 and 20s are common.  It sucks, I live off coffee, lose 5-10 lbs as I rarly eat.   In short I bust my ass and have zero time for anything.  Like now I am filling up the rental car.. I hate it.

[MikeBjerum]

Are you paying the bills and seeing the wife and kiddo between trips?  If so, be thankful you have a job while you look for something that fits your wishes.

[tombogan03884]

Like M58 says, be glad you have a job.
But I would also suggest some better planning so you can stop and smell the roses, (or Prickly pear in this case ) before you drop dead having missed it all.

[Sponsor]

[TAB]

I still am a general contractor.  this is just a side gig I do for an Engineering Company.  they do all the planning and make all the travel arrangements.  it's basically what I've done for the past 10 years I'm just more on the planning side than the actual building side.  I would honestly rather do the work.  we are definitely not hurting for money and I don't have to do it. I just would rather fill my empty time between construction projects with something rather than nothing.  I am a workaholic.

[Solus]

I wonder, TAB. 

Have no idea what this takes or the pros and cons...or doability, but I hear of communities building home or remodeling homes for disabled vets or others in need.

My guess is that donations of materials and time are easier to come by than the skilled individuals needed to get the job done, especially honchos.

From what I've seen of you here, you excel at that. 

Don't know if there is anything there like that, but it would fill time and maybe with less hassle.

[tombogan03884]

Or he could go shooting.

[TAB]

Or he could go shooting.

need ammo for that.  45 is like a virgin on prom night, it can not be found.

[MikeBjerum]

Ammo has been loosening up around here.  Price is still high, but has declined, and availability is getting better.  Bulk packs are pretty good in most stores.