Away from home

As Chris mentioned, we went to KY last week. I always tend to get a bit anxious prior to travel, and this last trip was no exception. While I did not actually start packing until until the night before we left, I was making lists in my head for weeks.
My anxiety was for nought, however. Max did fabulous on the plane trips. The only time he got really fussy was in the last 45 minutes of the final leg home - and I was tired enough I was about to have a melt-down myself, so who could blame him! Poor little guy, we spent a lot of time traveling - between the round trip airplane rides, and the drive to Mom & Dad's, the Farm & TN, Max spent a lot of time in his car seat. The parts outside of the car were really nice though & it was great to have so many members of the family together in various locations. I especially enjoyed meeting baby Jessica!

Now, I'm away from home again - this time, all by myself - and it's very strange. It's not very often I am completely by myself - even when I go to the quarterly off-site meeting for work, I'm with at least one other person.
Today, I drove to Ft. Worth by myself (BTW, thank heavens for the GPS in my phone - I had to find an alternate route & had NO IDEA where I was going), ate dinner by myself, and am in a tiny galley room all by myself (which is a good thing, more than one person in here & you'd have to go outside to change your mind). I've learned as I've gotten older that I am most comfortable when surrounded by my "pack"; close friends or family. If surrounded by strangers, or totally by myself, I feel completely out of my element & don't like it very much.
This is the first time since Max was born that I have been away from home for more than one night. Max is much more aware of when things at home are different, so hopefully he will settle ok & won't give Chris a hard time. *sniff*