Work From Home Couple

I couldn’t hold out any longer. This weekend, I had to take down my Obama campaign signs. Sure, I wanted to revel in Obama’s big win as long as possible. But we live in a part of the state that’s still largely Republican. I didn’t want to rub it in anyone’s face. (I did notice that the McCain/Palin signs in the neighborhood disappeared awfully quickly following the election.)

Working from home, I think my neighbors expect my house to be in better shape than it is. It certainly isn’t an eyesore, but we don’t have the top lawn on the block. I’d say, instead, that it would rank in the bottom third. Sometimes I can hear what my neighbors are thinking: He’s home all day and he still hasn’t cut the lawn? Or, why hasn’t he taken down those campaign signs yet?

Well, there’s a reason for this. Actually, there are two. The first is that I hate working on the house. Give me a drill and a hammer and I’d rather use them on my head than our home’s deck.

There’s a second reason, though. And it’s that I actually am as busy as anyone else who has a career.

I hope that as more people join the work-from-home ranks that this changes. I think it will. It’ll just take time. In the meantime, tackle those housework chores as best as you can. But don’t sweat it if the grass is a bit too high. You have real work to do.