The problem with being single is....
When you're single & your coworkers aren't, you sometimes feel obliged to volunteer for tasks that folks with more familial obligations want to avoid.
Non-American readers may not be aware, but supposedly the biggest airline travel days in the U.S. are the Wednesday before Thanksgiving & the Sunday after. Sure, it's possible that more people actually travel for Christmas vacations, but that travel is more spread out, due to the varying holiday/school schedules that people have for Christmas. Since pretty much everyone & their dogs get both Thanksgiving & the Friday after off, tons of people travel Wednesday & Sunday. I have successfully avoided any & all airports on those days & I've sat back contentedly watching the news reports of the mad traffic jams & congestion at the airports on those days.
While I was in Pennsylvania this weekend, the Project Executive for the account told me that they'd gotten the dates for the annual disaster recovery test. It starts bright and early (like 5am early) on the morning of the day after Thanksgiving & lasts for 96 hours. Since my coworker would rather not get divorced (and, I'm force to admit, it is my turn since he took the last one - which was in October), I offered to handle this test. I have a very slim hope that they'll allow me to support it remotely - but since this is the account who just paid for me to fly out to type in two commands that I could easily have done remotely, I don't think there's much chance that they'll let me avoid another trip east. I suspect I'll end up traveling on Wednesday out since I'll want at least some decent sleep before the start of the test - but at least it lasts long enough that I should avoid the Sunday travel crowds back.
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