since i am working from home, there's no reason i shouldn't take advantage of its perks. why stay glued to my desk, especially if i don't have any deliverables or calls? really i just need to be available and responsive. i have a laptop and a mobile phone; this means that it's perfectly fine to make pancakes on a thursday as folks roll into the office.
our kitchen has a small side bar where i can rest my laptop and phone; email, IM and phone all have sound on, so i don't miss anything as i whisk together first my dry, then wet ingredients. i decided to use two pans today (we don't yet have a griddle) to speed things up. my husband has two pancakes, i have three (for the baby of course). blueberry buttermilk pancakes, from scratch - they're a favorite of mine these days.
i truly didn't miss anything... one colleague IMd just to see how i'm doing. there's so much waiting around in between real work. i appreciate our digital world, how we can function virtually when needed. but that world is not fine-tuned, and so i do find it detrimental to be disconnected for long periods of time. i much prefer human contact when discussing projects. there are subtleties easily lost over conference bridges and toneless email.
i really wish we were doing more for humanity though.
