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Well…I’ve made it through 1.5 days of working from my new “home office.” I use quotes around the home office part because it’s a work in progress. We threw the doggies out of their room and moved the guest room furniture in there to create what we’re affectionately calling “Stacy’s Kennel.” The dogs have theirs to keep them out of trouble and now I have mine…except it’s scaled to my size. My new desk and chair should come today so then I won’t have to sit on the floor anymore.

It’s different having all of my work communication primarily via email and instant messenger…with the occasional phone call, but with me being so antisocial (LOL!) it’s actually quite refreshing.

Upsides so far of working from home…flexible hours, the ability to go to the gym in the a.m. and still get to “work” at 7:30 a.m., buying a cool new notebook computer…and not being at my old job…LOL! Throwing in a load of laundry at lunch is fun too! (Did I just say that??)

Downsides so far…no desk & no chair although those downsides will be remedied as soon as the Office Depot truck shows up today. Being here at home all day is a little isolating but I have enough potential lunch dates and email friends to make the time go fairly quickly without feeling like I’m in a vacuum. Then again, I could be climbing the walls in two weeks so we’ll have to see.

Oh yeah…another downside…MY LOUD, BARKING DOGS. I swear, they drove me NUTS yesterday…so nuts that we went to Petsmart and bought the PetSafe Ultrasonic Bark Control apparatus. It’s really working on Daisy…she’s been a dream but you can tell she hates the sound because she’ll run under the bed when she hears it. Cookie…well, to be honest I think she’s managing to ignore it. Then again, it’s only been a few hours but the house has been MUCH quieter today. The real test? When all the kiddies get out of school and are walking home…that’s PRIME dog freak-out time!

So far I am enjoying this but am aware of potential pitfalls and am either trying to take care of them before they happen or have good contingency plans & what I call “isolation busters” so my husband doesn’t come home one day and find me sitting in a rocking chair, catatonic & staring out the window.