An Ugly Development

Well, tomorrow morning I am leaving town. I can't believe it. If I think too much about it I will cry. It is very very unnatural to me to be leaving my children, for up to five days. It's just wrong. The way things have been shaping up at work, I saw this coming. I've been dreading it. On Wednesday my manager came down basically talking about me going. That's right, not exactly asking. Well I'm going. Kicking and screaming. I've spent most of my spare time this weekend doing laundry and trying to get everything organized (make a list for my hubby) so that things will still go smoothly in my absence. When I told my kids I was going, my oldest started crying. She sobbed and begged me not to do it. I feel horrible. I've never been away from either of my girls for even a full day. It just feels so wrong. I'm going with the attitude that I'm going to work like a dog and get it done as quickly as possible. There is a slim chance of coming home early, but more important than that, I want to dot all the I's and cross all the T's, so that they don't have any justification for sending me back.
This really sucks.
Okay, I guess I'm off to my little pony.com...