Married or Single?

I've been home for a total of 22 hours in the past 32 days. In addition to all the work involved with being gone for that period of time, the work involved with being home is tough also.

For those guys who are married, it is tough for them to be away from their spouses and their children. I don't envy them at all. I've been away from a girlfriend for extended periods of time in the past, and it was a large factor in a failed relationship of mine. It's not easy to do.

Married folks do have an advantage though. They have someone at home to take care of all of the daily stuff. Getting mail. Paying bills. Getting cards out. Doing all the things that just need to get done. I use a cleaning service to help keep my place clean. They came the day that I left for 26 days. Then they came while I was gone. Then they came on the one day that I was home. My place is spotless. Unfortunately they can't do things like pay the rent (I forgot to do that somehow). They don't get my mail, they don't pay my bills. They don't do all the things that I just can't do while on the road.

As a single guy, I think the guys who are married have it easier.