I made it home...

Safely! Not a lot to report, ate well. drank okay. Did lots of business.

May have to travel again in two weeks for work.
To Vegas.

While that sounds like a great time, I don't think my sweet love thang can come along, and I doubt I'll have tons of fun without her there, so I'm really, really hoping I can convince my bosses that this one is unnecessary. Plus, it really is work, start at 8, go til 5, dinner with industry people. (By "industry", i don't mean porn or food service)

I like to travel,but I don't like doing it for work. Am I alone here?
When I do, I find that its usually 10 hour days, I have to talk for 9 of them + entertaining in the evening. Sure its all free to me, but I'm sure there are other costs. And it wreaks havoc on my schedules. I feel so disconnected with everyone, and then I have to work all weekend to catch up anyway.

Does anyone else have this problem? What should I do different?

Ideas?
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On a complete side note... Professionally I am kicking ass! Several new innovations I come up with over the past several months are looking like they will get to see the light of day. Which is very exciting. Its really fun to dream up crazy what if we did this kind of shit, and have people get behind it and think not only that its a cool idea, but that its doable, and its way better than what we do now, and its the right thing to do. So while I bitch a lot, it all comes with the territory.