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How old are the kids? I know it is hard to spend time away from them. You asked what kind of message you might be giving them if you were to take a few days off. You could think of it as modelling for them how an adult needs to take care of himself. How else will they learn that, if not from you?

I struggle with not wanting to live out that morose Harry Chapin song every time I have to tell my son I can't play trucks because I have to go to work. He is now playing "work" and telling people he is working at such and such a jobsite.

Anyway, depending on their ages, they can take it a lot of ways, but ultimately, you are doing it for your mental and physical health, it's not like you are leaving for a month, and I forgot the third thing.