Work From Home Couple

The weather here in the Chicago area is amazing, especially for Halloween. I think we’re at 69 degrees today. That’s good: My fourth-grade son does not want to wear a coat over his phantom costume.

Our son’s elementary school had its Halloween parade today. At 1:30 p.m., the students march around the school playground. Parents, of course, line up along the route and snap photos. It’s a nice tradition. And a fun one. Some of the costumes — one student went as a giant shower, another as a huge Lego block — are quite imaginative. Others are rather creepy, in a fun way.

Now, because both my wife and I work from home, we were both able to watch the parade, along with our 1-year-old son, who was dressed as a puppy dog. If I worked from an office, I’d miss the parade. And that would stink.

Because both I and my wife work from home, there’s never any delay in trick-or-treating. We can start soon as our older son returns from school. That means we get more candy! Hooray for our dentist!

These are the days when the benefits of working from home are really obvious. Who wants to spend Halloween racing home from the office to squeeze in an hour or two of trick-or-treating. Not me. And, fortunately, I don’t have to.