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I'm lucky because I have a job I love. I really miss being away from home, being in my own bed, seeing my animals and siblings, having my moms cookies. I have a couple cats. I got a kitten about a year ago and now Im going on the road so I wont see him for a while. I feel bad.

All of a sudden to get all of this attention, and to be away from home and working all the time was hard. I was on planes all the time. I didn't see my friends. I cried a lot. It was quite terrifying.

I've traveled all over. I've been to all 50 states. With my dad in the Navy, I lived in the Philippines from nine to 12, and I had dog, monkey, lizard, everything. Then I was in Hawaii, and I'm spear-fishing, catching octopus with my hands.

After that first month in Sydney, I went home for two weeks. I didn't want to ever go back because it was so hard.

I'm lucky in that I travel a lot for work. I also manage several holidays a year. I'm not someone who sits in the sun or goes sightseeing, though. If I go away, it will be for fishing or something like that.

I got kind of burned out, so I moved to Florida. I was down there for 10 or 12 years, raising children.

I wish I could go home. I've been on the road since May. I wonder if my dogs still remember me.

Anytime I can go fly for a few hours, I go. It's stressful and stress-relieving at the same time.