Could it get any more awesome?

I ask you, what is better than working in your bunny slippers?

Working in your bunny slippers for 4 hours, then taking a 5 hour break and working another 4 hours later.

That is what I am doing now. They are called split shifts and I love them. 8am to noon, then 5pm to 9pm.

I love taking a nap in the afternoon.

Why I love working from home.

About an hour ago I realized I had my shirt on inside out.

Three seconds after that, I decided I really don’t care.

Appologies

I know I haven’t been keeping up this blog very well. But I hope to rectify that.

It’s been a while but I will catch you up.

All is going very well with working at home. Especially since we have had such atrocious weather here. As I sit at my desk and look outside at the snow and freezing rain, watching as the people slide down the street in their cars, all I can think is…

SUCKERS!

I am sorry, but working at home rocks. I roll out of bed, put the coffee on, switch on the tv. The company I work for believes that no one should have to wait on hold for tech support. Therefore, they go to great lengths to make sure there are plenty of techs on the phone. This means a lot of ‘down time’ for me.

I have subsequently become addicted to home improvement shows. Gotta love TLC and HGTV. Twenty-four hours a day you can watch reno shows. I am already planning my spring renos, ripping up carpet, painting the living room, laying tile on the kitchen floor. After 6 months of nothing but reno, 24/7, I know I can do it.

So, there I sit, coffee in hand, bunny slippered feet propped up on the desk watching TV.

It’s a tough job, but someone has to do it.

Downside

My working at home has created another problem. I have no excuse not to let my 16 year old son use the car.

Until now.

He got in a fender bender, smashed the bumper of my car. So he is back to walking or being driven. Lets just see if I can save money on gas now.

Not as glamourous as you might think

The slippers are a little tattered and no amount of lavender scent in the world can disguise the fact that I have been wearing them 24/7 for a month.

I am smoking like a feind, and I have been sick for a week straight.

Kind of hard to call in sick, when you live where you work. I did it anyway.

Another draw back.

Since most of my friends are sick to death of hearing how great it is to work from home, I have tried to find somthing bad to say about it.

Uh…I seem to smoke more.  Not that I am actually smoking more, but I am going through more cigarettes.

Used to be (at my old job), in an 8 hour shift I would maybe smoke 6-8 cigarettes.  Now I easily go through a pack a day. Most are burning away in the ashtray but are still getting burned.

The fact that I no longer have to brave the Canadian winters to give myself cancer is (to me) an upside. Worth the expense of the cigarettes burning away, unsmoked.

ISSUES

The only real issue I had with the first couple of days is dealing with the downtime.

Surfing the net really wasn’t appealing to me. I am more of a do’er on the net than an observer. Meaning I am more productive with my internet usage.

Today I purchased some magazines and a puzzle book, maybe that will help.

Any other suggestions?