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Sunny Tuesday

I spent almost all of today, except for a brief hour when I ran to the bank and grabbed a bite for lunch — okay, and watched an episode of That Mitchell and Webb Look while I ate — in the backyard, working on my laptop. It was a spectacularly sunny day, and I took full advantage of my new ability to work from home once a week.

I may have gotten a little too much sun, despite the patio umbrella I had up, but I suppose it’s all to the good. My doctor did tell me yesterday that I have a vitamin D deficiency. (Winter followed immediately by a week stuck at home with pneumonia could be contributing factors there.) I didn’t get sunburned, but I did get a little color sitting out back all day.

Honestly, it’s going to be a little hard going back to the regular office tomorrow.

Wednesday

My new boss took us out to lunch today, just the four development editors in the New York office, a little get-to-know-each-other (or me) meal. It was nice. I like that, in all the big changes lately, I don’t dislike the people I’m working with. That’s always a plus.

Homeward bound

Working from home is kind of a weird experience. Sleeping in a little in the morning and not having to face the commute is nice, as is puttering around in a T-shirt and jeans. (Which I guess I can do at the office, but only on Fridays.) But there’s less structure to the day, and you have to keep imposing a schedule on yourself. You have to have specific tasks and work on those at specific times.

Which is tough when those tasks aren’t cooperating, and some of what you (meaning I) hoped to do today just could not be done. But all in all, I think I like this work-from-home business. It’s a little weird that it’s on Tuesday, and I think it will still take some getting used to, but it’s a nice little feature of the new position.

That said, I didn’t do any reading. I took care of a couple of personal matters — like filing my taxes. Yeah, finally — over my lunch break, and the time I usually spent reading on the train…well, I didn’t have to take the train at all today. I probably could do with some structure in my life.

Monday

Just an average Monday. Nothing, really, to see here.

I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t looking forward to being able to work from home tomorrow. I don’t have an awful commute, but not having it at all should be nice.

A good Friday

I had to work today, and I have to work again on Monday, but I’m not complaining, much. My new boss left Easter eggs full of candy on all our desks this morning.

Beyond that, it was just a pretty typical Friday.