Tuesday, October 10, 2006

What to love about working at home

You don't mind getting out of bed, even if it is still dark and you have to wake up the kids for school. You know that, soon enough, the day will be yours. You will make your own decisions! (No boss! No smelly, chatty, gossipy, lazy coworkers!)
You can get tea whenever you want (or whenever you're stuck on the meaning of a word).
You can make your phone calls without wasting too much time. (But you can also get calls from Mom or Friend which will certainly be entertaining, but will definitely take a bite out of you work hours.)
You can take a walk whenever you feel like it.
You can gaze out the window at the Suits rushing off to their cars to sit in traffic for the next hour while you sit, all cozy, having already checked all of your email and ready to start in on the latest job.
You can work like a madwoman to finish something before school gets out (buy, hey, it'll be done, right?).
You can start dinner while working--just be sure to set the timer for whatever's cooking. (No need losing those nice pots by encrusting over-boiled pasta to them.)
You're home when the mail comes. (This is much more exciting than it seems. Imagine, you are the first person who gets to rip open those envelopes! Some of them containing checks with your name on them! You get to see what has come for everybody else in the household--and then, you can read their magazines before they get their hand on them! It's exhilarating!)
You have purpose! You have direction! Somebody needs you! (OK, so they all might need you at the same time, but still....)