I’m currently sitting in a hotel room in Henderson, Kentucky. It’s just a quick, overnight business trip. Nothing exciting, nothing special, just a night sleeping by myself, which I’m not accustom to doing since getting re-married. At least I have a king sized bed with four…count them, FOUR…pillows to sleep with, so all is not lost.
The last time I spent the night in Henderson was back in early 2001. A good friend of mine from Colorado was down here on a business trip of her own and I came down to spend some time with her. After I got here and we had dinner, she was telling me of all the problems that she was having with her husband (also a good friend of mine). We ended up sleeping that night in her room as she didn’t feel like being alone… It was all totally platonic… I wouldn’t have had it any other way, and I don’t think she would have either. Sadly to say, it wasn’t but a couple of weeks after she returned to Colorado that I got the call they had separated and filed for divorce.
It’s funny what you start thinking about when you’re on the road all by yourself. I can’t help but wonder what a friend of mine from St. Louis was thinking when he was on a business trip one time and decided to commit suicide in his hotel room. I can’t help but wonder how some of the people I’ve known in the past, thanks to business trips, are doing right now. I can’t help but think about some of the fun I’ve had taking business trips, along with some of the not so good times that have happened while on these trips.
I do know this… I am very glad that I haven’t had to spend my life, my career, living out of hotel rooms. I don’t care how fancy of a hotel you are staying in, or how good their dining room might be, or how comfortable the bed… In the end you are stuck in small little room… And it gets really old, really quick… I found that out one time when I was on a month long business trip in Massachusetts. But that is several other stories…
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Well, on the bright side, at least you have four pillows and a really big bed. Sure does beat sleeping on the couch or on a hide-away bed. Really, the hide-away bed isn't too uncomfortable most of the time. And just think, when you get back from your business trip, you get to move into your new apartment with your new family. That isn't such a bad way to begin a weekend. Anyway, have a great trip and know that you are missed very much.
Hope the trip goes well.
:) Winter, it's such a happy little burgh in the Commonwealth of Kentucky that I'm surprised not everyone has at least once visited the location!
Henderson! Shoot, I'd move there in a heartbeat (assuming you were going to give me $7,000 a month for the rest of my life, adjusted through time for inflation. Otherwise, I think I'll leave my memories of Henderson alone, thank you very much!)
Sorry must have missed that on my itenerary of places to visit, maybe some day.
Slacker, I did see a couple of really nice places tucked away in the hills and hollows a little south of Henderson. Then I saw the residents...
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