Do you know what affects my ability to work? Dishes. Every time I walk past the kitchen sink, there are dishes to either wash or put in the dishwasher. Or they are in the dish rack and need to be put away. Remember that Beatles lyric, "I look at the floor, and I see it needs sweeping?". Once of the challenges about working from home during this pandemic is ignoring all the chores while I'm supposed to be working. Or I'll take a break to toss some laundry in the machine, run the Roomba, mop, scoop the kitty litter, clean out the fireplace, tidy the living room, or think about dinner. Who can concentrate on work at home? There's a reason people came up with the concept of offices. In my office, I have a much more limited range, so I get more work done. After I get vaccinated, and we get the okay to return to work, I look forward to going back to my office.
March 17, 2021
I'm really missing social activities. This pandemic is very hard on us extroverted introverts. I want to snuggle with my friends. We have a girlfriends gathering scheduled in a few weeks because everyone will be well past their 2-weeks post-vaccination point. I am so looking forward to it, but also terrified of having an unmasked event because I'm so not used to that any more.
April 23, 2021