EDITOR’S NOTE
The downside of working from home has been watching the pool as I try to conquer SEO. It whispers to me, as pools do, “Come to me and play…”
After a while I give in, usually around the same time my bum has gone numb from sitting on my dining chair instead of on a proper ergonomic office chair.
I choose my bikini and head outside… to see that the sun has disappeared. It’s true; statistically, I would say that 90 percent of the time I decide to swim, the sun decides to hide. It’s a sign! Stay inside, do your work, stay out of the sun. “Oh, no,” I cry, and settle on doing the washing-up instead.
Actually, after seven months of washing up, I gave in and bought a dishwasher – it’s marvellous. My helper, who was also my wingman for eight years, went home on holiday at the end of February. After being stuck there all these months, she has decided to stay permanently. And since I’m now a whizz with the new squirty mop thing, I told her it was probably the right decision to stay with her family after being away for so many years. But who will laugh at my jokes? My children just roll their eyes…
It’s a strange setup having to live with someone you don’t know initially. I’ve had some odd and unsuccessful ventures with live-in helpers in the past. But Anna and I were like a little old married couple that never bickered. We’d talk when we felt like it and not when we didn’t. And did I mention she laughed at my jokes?
This time has been an end of an era in a few ways, and the beginning of new ones. We’re heading to a cool new serviced office environment in town – we’ve always had big places out in industrial areas. I’m looking forward to more flexible working… and being able to gaze at the pool a few days a week.
Remember, there’s always a silver lining!