Tired bear

[mdlbear]

I am a tired but contented Bear; I have just finished clearing out and picking up the bedroom and sewing guest room.

The back bathroom is currently all but unusable because of pieces of bedframe parked in it, but I'll be able to move those into the guest room after it's been cleaned. Both rooms' closets are full (the boxes are all in the bedroom closet, because the guest room's closet was full before I started). There's a pile of boxes in the living room as well. The corner where Colleen's desk was is now empty; I have installed a temporary shelf there to get a few more things off the floor.

Basically I took it in small pieces: work until I got tired, then have a snack or some coffee and read LJ or email. I'm still tired, but I never overloaded or fell apart. Or even came close.

Lunch so far has consisted of string cheese, tofu (with horseradish and sweet onion relish on the side), salami, pepperoni, Greek olives, and pickles. And Green&Black 85% chocolate. With coffee.

The Stanley Steemer cleaning team will arrive sometime between 2pm and 6pm, with the hospital beds arriving sometime around 8pm. I expect to do a reasonable amount of working from home, starting about now.

Comments

[fractalwolf.livejournal.com]

Yay for Accomplishment Via Divide & Conquer! And yay for not getting overloaded!

I think that in many ways it's easier to concentrate on work when working from home regularly than it is for just doing so every now and then. I think I remember in an earlier post you said that you didn't feel like you'd accomplished much work for your employer while "working" from home that day, but that might ease off over time as you both run out of things that have been waiting for you to have a chance to do them, and as you get comfortable thinking of your home work area as an actual work area.

Also, once damienne got home after her major hospital stay, it was a lot easier to work, knowing she was just in the other room and I could check on her/hear her call if she needed anything.

[mdlbear]

The big problem is interruptions; especially on days like today when there are multiple deliveries scheduled.

[fractalwolf.livejournal.com]

Yeah. Deliveries are unavaoidable, but fortunately most don't require as much disruption as today's do. I ended up having to be very, very clear with locals (and visitors) that just because I was home doesn't mean I wasn't working.

Good luck, though!