Thursday, December 20, 2012

Pretending to work from home for a day

So today in lovely West Bend, WI in Washington County we had a Winter Storm Warning from midnight last night to noon today and now we've switched over to a Blizzard Warning from noon until 3am tomorrow. When I woke-up early today at 5:30am to check to see how the weather was, how the roads were -- because if I was going to make it on time, I knew I'd have to leave early ... it was apparent to me I was not going to risk driving. So, today I got to work from home and I just can't help thinking, and re-living and re-hashing how awesome it would be to not have a 45-60 minute commute!



Loaded up and ready before 8:00 AM!


The weather got worse this afternoon -- this was about an hour ago and it's worse now! The only problem with working from home is that it's a little after 2:30 PM right now and I've kind of lost motivation to do work. (Don't worry -- if I don't work 8 hours today I will take it as vacation).

But, let's just do this little comparison.



Current
Working from Home/Less than 30 min. commute
6:00am
Wake-up (well, around this time)
Wake-up
6:00am-7:00am
Get ready
Exercise
7:00am-8:00am
Drive to work
Get ready
8:00am-4:30pm
Work
Work
4:30pm-5:30pm
Drive from work
Make Dinner
5:30pm-6:00pm
Get the mail, change clothes, etc.

6:00pm-7:00pm
Gym
Eat Dinner
7:00pm-7:30pm
Shower
All of this time at night to do whatever! Scrapbooking, working on my recipe book, I could even go to Grad School classes! The possibilities are endless!
7:30-8:30pm
Make Dinner

8:30pm-9:30pm
Eat Dinner, Watch TV

9:30pm-10:00pm/11:00pm
Make lunch for the next day, have a few minutes to myself, etc.

10:00pm/11:00pm
Bed Time



Look at that! I feel like a broken record, but it just helps me keep perspective on A) What I can practically expect to get done (and not feel bad when thinking about what other people do with their time). and B) How much we need to change our situation one way or another. New Year's Resolution/Plan anyone?

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