It's all about Spo-Compton!

Leaving the house today I had the thought, how will I be able to share my joys of traveling with my family, friends and most importantly my daughter?  See today marks my first overnight away from her since she was born in June.  Sure we've had a babysitter for a few hours here and there, even had a babysitter last Saturday until almost 1am to celebrate a friend's 30th birthday.  But I've never left her overnight.  So here in lies my idea of a blog.  A way for my daughter to know where mommy has traveled to and why mommy can't always tuck her in at night.

While I'm not the type to become emotional, since having Lizzy my world has been turned upside down.  I love her more than I ever thought possible.  I will say that this did not happen overnight though.  While some mothers have this unmistaken bond immediately mine took time.  The first few weeks were filled with exhaustion, frustration, joy and pain. But now ... she is my world.  Outside of my best friend, my husband Ben, my world would not be complete without her and this is what makes traveling a tad difficult.

Thus, the birth of another sort of baby ... a blog.  Exactly what I said I'd never do.  Hmmm seem to be doing that a lot lately.  Eating my words that is.  I always thought I could handle this mom thing no problem.  If I saw another mom doing something I thought, I'd never do that or I could do that better.  What a joke that is.  Every mom, well almost every mom, does the best she can with what she has.  That being said I have to travel.  While some people see this as me neglecting my child I see it as giving my child every opportunity she could want.  See I probably could stay home, it wouldn't be easy and definitely wouldn't be fun, but it probably could be done.  I don't want that.  I want to have fun, travel and enjoy life with my family.  If that means I must work, than I must work!   Lucky for me I have one kick ass job that I love and unfortunately or fortunately that requires me to travel.  Not just a bit of travel but A LOT of travel.  Seeing as I enjoy my job and travel I wanted to have something that explained to Lizzy the joys of working hard and seeing the country, possibly the world.

Long of the short, first trip is tonight/tomorrow.  It is about 9:15pm as I write this from my lovely hotel room at the Hotel Lusso in downtown Spokane.  I will be doing a fantastic product demonstration at The Kitchen Engine here in Spokane tomorrow morning.  Should be fun but definitely missing my little girl and my husband.  Spokane to many is not very exciting, for me it is somewhat more fun as I used to live here.  My first job out of college placed me here as a sales rep for Newell Rubbermaid.  I spent day in and day out inside of a Lowe's Home Improvement center somewhere on the east side of the state building displays, working on selling in product and training associates.  Wow, that seems like eons ago!  Although I miss Spokanes' cost of living I'm not sure I'd move back here!

Well time to go to bed ... I need to be well rested for my product demonstration tomorrow.  I'll be showing people how to rice potatoes, french green beans, chop garlic, peel veggies and create salsa with our hand powered food processor!  If your in Spokane any time soon be sure to drop by The Kitchen Engine for great kitchen gadgets and tools.