Silence in the house …
posted in Frenzied Daddy, Hurray for Geekdom |I’m not going to apologize for being quiet so long. 
Ms B, as it turns out, had endometriosis, which led to some internal bleeding in the fallopian tubes, which caused necrosis, swelling, torsion, and the dainty little egg-chutes to do their damnedest to act like clown balloon animals. She’s had some surgery, we’ll try to get by with no more surgery and just a daily set of pills, but we’re open to the possibility that more surgery is necessary.
She’s been home with me since about September 18 (give or take). I’m sure it’s been enlightening to her as to what working from home’s like for me. Lately I’ve been getting up at five (I’m on a rotating on-call schedule), working for a while, taking Miss B to school, taking Miss K next door to be cared for by our neighbor. Then I “work” until about 12:30 when I have a conference call that’ll last anywhere from 1 to 2 hours, go get Miss B, go run some other errands, come home, fix dinner and work some more.
Working from home has been a challenge. On the one hand, my work desk is in the room with everyone else and the television, and I get all kinds of distractions. I’m getting better about focussing on the work though. This was an interesting discussion about the difficulties of working from home. Did you know there are offices you can rent that have receptionists, internet access, mail service– all the works of a normal office? I sure didn’t, but on reflection, that’s what CGI Production uses, for the most part. But I don’t think I’m ready for that yet; and it’d be an extra 200-500 out of my monthly budget (Yeah, I looked into it. Some “executive suites” are downtown!)
Speaking of “monthly budget.” That’s a laugh… I’m working hard at all my little projects, and I’m doing ok, but not well enough to pay all the bills on my own. Ms B has a good short term disability package, so that’ll be a big help … and now the washing machine has conked out.
So the quietness? Worry over Ms B, worry over finances, and some serious head-down work on some issues. But in an effort to “not work all the time,” which is my worst problem with working from home, I’m going to be making an effort to play with the kids more and to blog more. Because I like it. 
