["I had to take a trip away from home for three weeks. It made me so nervous I couldn't sleep.", 'Why were you nervous?', 'I was going to be away from my family.', 'Oh I see. How did it go?', 'It went well and I was happy to see them when I came back home.']
I bet you were.
One time I had to take a trip away from home for three weeks, it made me very nervous.