As you may or may not know, this is my first season traveling with my husband for baseball. I left my hometown in the beginning of March to come to spring training as we embarked on our first adventure before heading out to the other side of the country. Even though we have just begun our journey, I have learned a few things so far and I felt like I should keep y’all updated.
I’m not the only woman doing this. I am not the only one who left their hometown to travel with their boyfriend/husband. I’m not the only one who left a great job or their perfect pup. It is a lot more common than it seems and I realized it once I was actually surrounded by these brave women, thanks to spring training. Being that there are so many women traveling I realize I have so many people who can help me when it becomes challenging or intimidating. (There are a ton of women who decided to take the plunge and there are also a ton who decided to stay back for a more stable routine, and both routes are 100% okay! Everyone is different and wants/needs different things in their life.)
It will never be something I can get comfortable with because this lifestyle is so random. Everything happens at what seems to be all at once and then changes in a blink of an eye, and you cannot truly have an issue with it because that is what we all agreed to when we decided to take this lifestyle on. I got my first taste of the realness of the baseball life this week since it is the last week of spring training and we still haven’t been completely notified as to where we’re being sent for the season yet. Therefore, I have no idea where to apartment hunt, job hunt, or where to tell my friends/family my next move would be, even though it is less than a week away from when we are suppose to move across the country. We have an idea of where we are going but nothing is set in stone so we can’t make any moves right now, which is tough, but I have to get used to being a gypsy right? That’s just how baseball goes and that is how it has always gone. “Get comfortable with being uncomfortable” is my life now, you feel me?
Being a part of an experience like this is such a blessing and I remind Justin all the time, especially when things get tough for him. You’re probably uncertain with what I mean by saying I have to remind him. This lifestyle does get tough and take a toll and I do believe there isn’t a bright enough light on what these men go through everyday. His days are longer than mine when I was working full-time. It is a great job but it isn’t the glamorous idea everyone gets from what they see on TV. You can easily get caught up in being stressed and completely over it. But now that I’m living it too, I have to remind myself that we have been so immensely blessed to be able to do this. There are so many men who dream of playing professional baseball for a living or who aim to get drafted and don’t. We are very lucky to do this even though it gets tough. And to do it together is even better.
Lastly, Nothing compares to doing this life together. We’ve been away from home for almost a month now and if there’s one thing I’ve learned in that time span, it is that nothing comes close to being with my husband. I love living life with him and I’m so glad God has given us the opportunity to travel together and go wherever baseball takes us. I get to see his games and I get to be there for him after a rough day. We were long distance for a while when we dated and it was always worth it, but this is great and we are incredibly blessed to be able to do this. Being together makes this lifestyle so much better. So, we are going to enjoy it for as long as we can because like I said previously, everything is always changing which means this can end at any time for us. For now, we are happy, we are blessed and we are loving living this life side by side.
Cheers!
CHAMPAGNE AND A CARRY-ON 