Out of town, out of my element

There are some perks to working out of town, but they aren't as enjoyable or beneficial as they once were. Finding a semblance of normalicy when you're in a strange town with different schedules and an unpredictable work load has it challenges. I managed to find space and time for my pushups and am regaining my sit-up ability (they have been almost unbearable to do), but found that my access and time for forms was not what I had planned for. There were the days I planned to get to the available gym and found the facility booked and closed for a concert, heading in at a decent time then having the phone ring and ending up working until late. Looking at the time and thinking "I get to make it back for class tonight", yay, check my voice mail, the plan changes and I make it home the next day, finding decent food that fit my diet (there are only so many Subway sandwiches you can handle before you'd rather not); the offset of the unpredictable hours determines where, what where you're going to eat and sleep, topped off with waaaayyyyy too much alone time. Trying to plan a workload and having it change from hour to hour in an area you're not familiar with or just realizing how out of my element things can get. So this weeks numbers are not what I had planned, but in the bigger picture for time over the next few months, I'd rather take my turn for a week or two out of town now, than a few months down the road. I was unable though, to find the intensity, mindfulness, comradery, meaning, that I get when I am at the Kwoon but I managed to recapture all those once I was back for Saturdays classes and open training, plus my body was well aware of what a week away did to me. Mr. Fuhr and I also videoed our forms in open training and "yikes", what I thought I looked like,........isn't!  I did go through a lot of reflective thoughts about "where I'm at, what am I doing; do I really need to be doing this", looking at my needs vs. my wants ($$$$$$), thinking of all the years a person works to get "the stuff" only to realize "you don't own it, it owns you", and perhaps, what do I really want at this stage of my life? Does it sound like I might need a break, you bet; I'm off to Costa Rica in a few days for some away time, some time to do my forms (repairing what disturbed me in the video), upping the bank account on my push ups and sit-ups, in the jungle, on the beach, on the plateau of a volcano, the airports, just to get away, break up the winter, take a break from work and recharge as I take on this upcoming year. Robert.
Push ups-1081 (3963)
Sit-ups-550 (2310)
Forms 6 (43)
Jacobs Ladder 0
Horse Stance 1:30
Gym 1 (5)