Very early on in our marriage, maybe even before we got married, Jeff taught me this important corollary to Murphy's Law -
The first rule of the business traveler:
"If something can go wrong, it will go wrong while I am away"
I accepted this way back when thinking: OK. Sure, the furnace may go out. The roof might leak. I am woman, hear me roar - I can cope.
But now, coming up on nearly 7 years of marriage, I see the painful truth of how bad things truly do seem to happen most often when Jeff is not home with me.
Here's a short list..
Sept 11 tragedy: Jeff is on a work trip in Chicago.
Miscarriage of our 2nd pregnancy: Jeff is on a business trip with his German boss, can't get home for days.
I am broad-sided by a guy who ran a red light which totals our car while I am 22 weeks pregnant with Michael: Jeff is in Germany.
And now.. when Jeff's new job means that he ever so rarely has out-of-town trips..he had a sudden trip to Austin, MN. And and the 35W bridge collapses.
Granted, I am not personally affected by this major catastrophe (besides the bad traffic I fully expect to experience on my commutes to and from downtown for the foreseeable future) - but we also sprang a sudden leak in a roof vent that dripped rain water into one of the rooms of the house while Jeff was in Austin. Of course, in comparison to the non-stop local news coverage of the tradgedy in downtown, the leak felt like nothing to worry about.
