This is what working at home is supposed to be. The sun is shining, the birds are chirping, I'm sitting in the cockpit reading a fairly interesting EIS for a coal mine in southeastern Montana, looking up occaisionally to watch the boats going out for a race. I've got a pot of lentils simmering on the stove, planning to try a recipe lemony lentil salad with salmon for lunch with Dan (which will no doubt include a glass red wine). Yyup, I get paid for doing this.
When I first started telecommuting I always wore shirts with our corporate logo when I worked at home, to help remind me that I was on work time. Took me about a year to get the hang of it. My boss (who I adore) is going to start working at home next week. (Wait till he learns how great it is, and he'll totally understand why I turned down a promotion because it would have been to an in-office job). "Home" for him is going to be a lakefront house in Florida, 800 miles from here. So I figure an appropriate farewell gag gift for him will be "corporate logo" gear appropriate to his new circumstances ... flip-flops, sunglasses, maybe a straw hat ... with our green and white banner on them. I'm excited by the joke gift idea, very happy for him, curious to see how our work will evolve with him so far away, and know I'll miss my 7:30 chat buddy - all at the same time.
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