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[quote=Anonymous]I'm trying to schedule travel for a weeklong business trip. I know I'm overthinking and that in the big scheme of see life it's not a big deal, but I'd welcome outside perspective. Thanks for indulging me.

I can return the evening before K starts for my only child, but it means missing out on an extra afternoon of networking with people that rarely are all in the same place. It could potentially be very useful for my career, but it's hard to tell since I've never been to this particular series of meetings before. It could also be a dud. If I stay, I'd get home the evening of the first day of K, hopefully before bedtime but not certain.

Kindergarten feels like a right of passage, and I'm sentimental, so it gives me pause to miss being there the morning it starts. In my child's mind, moving up to K is a Very. Big. Deal. I won't ask her, but I'm certain she'd say she wants me there. On the other hand, child has been in PK this year on the same campus, so it doesn't feel nearly as consequential as starting school for the first time.

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