I don't work, so I'm not much help there, but I do understand being nervous about being away from home for that long. My family lives an hour away and my sister and I get on fairly well, but I still can only stand to be there for about a day and a half before I have to come back home. I always get nervous about it at Christmas because if we have a bad blizzard while I'm there I could be "stuck" there for a few days. I make sure I take along my meditation cd's, inspirational books, a journal, pictures of my cat (maybe that's silly but I miss her when I'm away), etc. Those are things I use to cope when I'm stressed so it helps to have them along. Will you be able to find out what the schedule will be like? Would it be normal working hours or will there be meetings set up or both? Would it help you at all to know exactly what the schedule will be like? Plus it might look good for you if you asked your boss about that...just make an off-hand comment about liking to know what to be prepared for or something. I hope you can work things out...take care!!