Please reread your last part. About the vacation time. Yes, you have gotten the vacation time approved already, but that's not my point. My point is that the "vacation time" was more important than protecting your W.

Good Job ... you're way ahead on me.

If your interested, for a little further down the line, but my FWW also travels a lot for business and we've had to develop certain boundaries and a routine that we don't deviate from when she is away on business. She actually likes the security of knowing that I'm not home stressing about what is going on ... anyway, here's our basic plan for her business travels:

1. She forwards to my office email account prior to her leaving all of her iteneraries ... flight times, hotel info, business agendas, any mandatory group dinners and/or activities, etc.

2. She communicates frequently (mostly hourly) by text or cell phone to let me know where she is and what is going on.

3. She calls me with her hotel room number upon check in, so that I can call her hotel room at any hour that I'm stressing to make sure she is where she is supposed to be.

4. No dinners with opposite sex co-workers/customers, unless it is a pre-arranged group dinner and I'm aware prior to the trip ... no sudden surprises/changes are acceptable.

5. She has no more than 2 alcoholic beverages with dinner.

6. She does not go out socializing after dinner. She goes back to her room and we talk on the phone.

7. On her return, we try to meet up for a "date night" to re-connect after the absence.

These were big changes for her at first, and there were some questions from co-workers about why FWW didn't go with them anymore, but those issues went away rather quickly. I hope this helps you in the future.