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Today's oxymoron: Working from Home

So I am 39 minutes into my first official day of working from home and I have read two emails, made breakfast, made kool-aid, cleaned up spilled yogurt, fed the dog, found batteries for dead Wii remote, fixed the Wii and was most recently asked if I would like to play Mario baseball...

AE is still sleeping can't wait for her to get up and antagonize the pterodactyl - am anticipating I may be able to get through one email then.

Thank God no one has called yet...

Comments

carey said…
take it from a work at home girl. you have to lay down some rules. you get to work UNINTERRUPTED unless it's an emergency, and as a reward (after 2 hours or whatever) you do something they want to do for awhile. make a schedule that shows them work times and play times and lunch time and all that, and they have to follow it. it's a system that works around here, plus the boys have learned they don't need a parent to facilitate their fun all the time--and they pour their own juice or go thirsty ;)
8:56 AM
Chris said…
Brilliant Carey!
9:59 AM
Anonymous said…
Are you working from home for Spring Break or the rest of time?

nik
10:14 AM
DeAnn said…
Yep...I'm with carey. From this work at home girl, it's easy to get distracted. The rules have worked for me and I find it's good for the kids to do some things for themselves as well. Nothing like learning a little responsibility while we work!!
5:54 PM
bobbione8y said…
ah the joys of work from home. you start off the day needing to concept and create an entire campaign, and before you know it, you are making sandwiches and feeding the cat and talking to your next door neighbor for an hour and listening to the sound of your fiance demolishing the (next door) bathroom.

and i don't even HAVE kids!!

still, i don't miss the real office life.
2:25 PM
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