Have you calculated the cost of travelling and staying out of town five days a week. A room at $50.00/day x 5 days a week x 20 days would be $5500 for 50 weeks a year. You also would have meal costs three a day ($10/day x 20 days/month x 11.5 mo over $2300. gasoline for travel 120 mile each way x 8 at $.50/mile for 50 weeks over $5000/year. These are conservative estimates.These expenses would be over $12, 000, negating any benefit of taking the job. I am a nurse practitioner who saw patients at their nursing homes and I I have worked and traveled two hours each way and returned home each night. I have also traveled 4 hours to my former home, then travelled two to four extra hour round trip to stay in a motel for several days a week. Many years ago I worked for the state and had frequent overnight travel. This job lasted a year- that was enough for me. As no suitable jobs in my new community are available for me, I am starting and online business. I only travelled as long as I had to. Time is money. Good luck in your decision. No matter how much the husband helps, there is still a lot to do when you get home. It is fatiguing to be away all week then come home. Think seriously before accepting the job. Your current employer may raise your pay if you ask. Good luck to you.

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I tend to agree with the other poster who calculated the cost for you. I now work a hour to hour 1/2 away from my home and it is very tiring to travel depending on how you do it. Just remember this down side to a new job. I however if thought this was a great new learning job I would proably take it. I would take my meds in such a away I would carry them on me and buy a clock that flies or does something out ragious so I would not have any problem waking up. Sit down talk to your husband and see what is really his concern. No because I'll miss you or I'll be alone. Get to the nitty gritty....and weight his responses If he afraid of you being alone ask why and see if something can be worked out because 20,000 minus another 10,000 for expenses ,is nothing to sneeze at. I frankly think if I left to go to another state and visisted every 13 weeks my family once every 13 weeks my husband he say see ya. Rememeber it will be living like two spereate families and it can cost alot more. two set of tolettries, two bottle laundry detregent, two different meals . Can he move closer to you . Also what will this do your marriage if he doesn't want you to be away. Do you clean the home, cook etc and is this what he will be misssing. If you dececide to come home you will need him to help with the household stuff such as cooking and clean because leaving 6AM to come ome 8-4 to home 6pm is 12 hours and you want to be home to a clean house so he needs to help with things is this the why he isn't supportive of this job . good Luck in your descision . Please keep us informed what you decided

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I didn't get hired for the job out-of-town, but I did learn that my spouse considered my living near the job during the week a form of legal separation. While I consider this train of thought absolutely ludicrous (sp), it would not have changed his thinking. So, God knows best.

Thanks for all the helpful thoughts!

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