Day 27: The Workspace
The fact that my office is at the house means my work is never far from me. This can lead to a fairly unhealthy mixing of work and home life. It can mean a lot of "Just a second honey, I can't look at your Lego creation just yet." or "Please turn down the television, I'm on a work call." It can mean sitting at my desk at 2:00 in the morning doing data entry or crunching numbers. But the upside is that when I'm done, I can stumble upstairs and curl up with The Man. I have the luxury of working the nightshift in my jammies. This workspace allows me to let my kids sleep until noon during Winter Break and to care for them when they're under the weather without fear of missing work. It allows me to hop up and set a bowl of beans to soak in the afternoon, or take a picture of the way the sun streams through my window as I make a cup of coffee in the morning. All small interruptions that allow me to feel a little more human during the grind that is our daily work.