Working Away From Home During The Week

Dh and i have two children together.
Working away from home during the week. I live near matlock and have carried out a lot of work in taunton middlesbrough as the extremes about 6. Almost none of my colleagues are in a serious relationship. What is your experience of working away for the week. The other problem with contracting is that while the money is good you have to pay for all your own costs and you have almost no job security no paid holidays no pension and so on so.
If i want to go out during the week with my friends i have to hire a babysitter as i cannot guarantee he will be home on time. Unfortunately that is rarely possible and more often than not you ll either have a sizeable commute or will have to stay away from home during the week. It is much easier if one of you is working from home or not going out to work for at least one weekday so that. If you are having to stay away for a contract we ve come up with some tips which should help to make the situation more bearable.
However travel expenses paid in connection with an indefinite work assignment are not deductible. It would only work really if your dh could work 4 days in london and guarantee to be with you either fri or mon or negotiate working from home on that day. I do not know the answer yet and just speaking my thoughts out loud. Your weekends become extremely important when you are away for most of the week.
I work in a company where the majority of people work hundreds of miles from home during the week. Any work assignment in excess of one year is considered indefinite. He could do it all and i could work away. As much as it sounds like a dream 2 nights a week if its 3 days i would do 2 nights i would only do it if it was a bucket load of money.
Travel expenses paid or incurred in connection with a temporary work assignment away from home are deductible. I would miss the kids and dh. I am looking for a compromise which may include me working away during the week and coming home at weekends etc. He works and i am a sahm.
For me to give the family a decent standard and quality of life i we would need to leave this area but my partner is not keen on the idea. My dh works from home and does most of the school runs kids in different schools. One of the jobs i m looking at is in central london starting salary of 42 000 rising incrementally with experience. My mortgage isn t big at all up here as i got in before the boom.