Home is Where Your Keyboard Is

As most of you know, I travel frequently for work, but life as a jet setter is coming to an end soon.  I've accepted a job that will allow me to work from home full time and I'll only have to travel once every couple of months rather than every couple of weeks.  Now I'll be able to wear my jammies for months at a time rather than just weeks at a time.  Just think of the money I'll save on clothes, laundry, bathing, grooming, caring, generalized anxiety disorder medication and all the other things that makes a person respected by peers and strangers alike.

For those of you who have been watching too much Mad Men - No, my home office doesn't look like this...

...although, I will admit that flitting around the house all day in a crinoline and heels, pulling roast after roast out of a goldenrod oven looks mighty tempting.  I'll wait until Sean's done med school before I invest in frilly white gloves with the sole purpose of protecting my hands while concurrently smoking and vacuuming.

In my old job, I acted as a consultant for people and helped them out with their work problems.  Most of their problems were low on the scale compared to some other people's problems (see Gary Busey or Rwandan Genocide), but everyone's wants and needs in life is relative to their reality, right?  When I considered showing the following "public service announcement" to help people understand the downside of pursuing a promotion for which they are not prepared, I figured it was time to move on.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OeR_gYW90_E&feature=related

Thanks Sam Raimi - now we know...and knowing is half the battle.

All disgruntled grandma curses and cursing Englishmen aside, I loved my job, but it was time to try something new.  Now I'm fixing stuff instead of people, which is waaaaay more straight-forward.  It's like the difference between fixing a car using tools vs fixing a car by listening to it, giving it suggestions and providing moral support.

In preparation for my home-based workforce of one, I've purchased a sturdy yet comfortable fat man hat and I plan on washing it many times a day due to the sweat that will pour into it from my brow as I toil.  I've also purchased Dom DeLuise's seminal novel, "How to Live Large and Laze Hard".  Snoopers has been practicing his tried and true methods for years now and it has brought him great success in the category of "lounging".

Can you see the resemblance?