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If your DH travels....
...and, I guess, you have no family in town, do you have a check-in with him? I have a totally irrational fear that I will have a stroke or something and the kids will be locked in the house for days and nobody will know. 
Paranoid? Or prudent? WDYD?
Paranoid? Or prudent? WDYD?
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Re: If your DH travels....
My DH does not travel and I do have family in town, but if my DH did travel I would expect to check in with him daily. We have two small children, so I would expect him to Skype or do Facetime with us (assuming his job allowed this).
It's highly unlikely that something will happen to you, but I would still have at least one person with whom you agree to check in with every single day.
My DH travels and he calls everyday, Skypes when the hotels internet connection lets him or the time change allows it (he travels to the middle east). If for some reason he's not able to call or Skype he'll at least email.
My Mom calls me everyday or every other day, but usually everyday while DH is gone. I also have some awesome neighbors that know when DH travels and they usually check on us every couple of days.
This is a BIG fear of mine, and I try not to think about it but its necessary. Dh is gone for 3 weeks and then home for 3 weeks. When he's gone he calls each day around the same times at least once and I can call him back if he's in his room and not at work. We cant skype while he's in the gulf and has no access to wireless on board, but we do phone calls a lot. He knows if he can't reach me to call my neighbor or sister who is 45 mins away, or my friends who live in town. We have a great support network so it helps to make us feel more secure.
I am pretty safe with certain things; I dont leave the house at night to take out the trash or go to the car alone while the kids are sleeping, and if I do I stay on the phone with my mom or someone in case something happens to me. I dont drive at night and come home when its dark so we dont go out passed a certain time. I have an alarm that I set when the doors are locked and we are in for the night. I talk to my mom every few days, and my sister often daily.
I know most likely things will be fine, but better safe than sorry.
ETA-oh and we have a code word in case I am on the phone with him and someone is here....its nuts to think about but its safe.