Working at Home

Today I am telecommuting for my job at MassCat. I could actually telecommute almost every day because just about everything I do is on the computer and I can log in from anywhere. Since the office isn't far from where I live and I'm out already at the senior exercise class, I choose to go into the office.

Both scenarios have their advantages.

At the office there is free coffee and sometimes snacks. I'm not distracted by dirty laundry, dirty dishes, floors that need vacuuming, plants that need watering, etc., etc., etc.

At home, however, I can work a whole different way that is actually more productive. Since I'm doing a lot of detailed computer work, I work intently for about an hour. Then I do something else (laundry?) for a while. Then I work intently for another hour and then do something else (dishes this time?).

Since it's hard to concentrate on the sort of work I do for much more than an hour, I find that at the end of a day of working at home, my stats are much higher than the same number of working hours in the office where I need to take frequent, though short, breaks. The big difference is that at home I begin early in the morning (sometimes even as early at 6 a.m.) and I'm still working into the evening.

At home, I often work my first shift while still in my nightgown and that first "do something else" involves getting dressed. That's definitely different from working in an office.

Back to the Real World

I spent 4 days in Provincetown and caught the last day of the Tennessee Williams Theater Festival. Saw 2 plays on Sunday plus a talk by John Lahr who has just written a biography of Tennessee Williams.

Then we spend a couple of beautiful days walking around, taking advantage of "end of season" sales and sampling clam chowder (though the second day was cloudy and sometimes drizzling). The day we left was raining, which made packing the car a challenge - especially with all our packages of sale stuff.

Now it's back to work and I'm having a hard time facing regular day-to-day stuff after my biggest worry was having to move the car in the early a.m. to a non-street-cleaning portion of Commercial Street.

Today, I'm leading the Senior Exercise Class. I'm hoping lifting weights will be a conduit to my regular life - which isn't so bad.