My Other Spouse

Ever notice that when you travel for pleasure and really relax, you're like another person. Ever travel with your spouse, and experience the same for them?

This week we got away overnight to Hagerstown, MD. For those who keep track of that sort of thing, yes, I was in Hagerstown in the morning, and did drive right back out there in the evening. It was a great time.

It's the first time we've gone just us two on a Thursday night trip, but what a difference. Because my day off is Friday we were able to leave right after work on Thursday and disconnect. Nothing on our minds, just utter disconnection. It was awesome. I've never disconnected that fast on a trip, but it worked, and so we'll be doing it again in a couple months hopefully.

This year I'm implementing the advice of a church planting mentor, Rob Seagears.

Take a day off every seven days, a weekend off every seven weeks, and a vacation every seven months.

It has been pretty good so far this year, but I haven't been perfect at it. Trips like this make me want to stick to the schedule. We were so relaxed that we ended up watching a movie on TV before we went to sleep. I rolled over at one point and looked at the clock, and saw that it was 1:50 a.m. You know that the trip is good when my wife is still awake at 2:00.

Great Trip.

--Ben