I consider myself quite blessed that I have a job that allows me to work from home quite a bit.
One really nice thing about it is that my morning commute has been reduced from almost an hour to about 2 minutes - the only traffic jam being caused on how long the coffee maker takes to brew up a cup.
The other nice thing is that I can escape the cubicle farm and have my very own "corner office".
The key in making this all happen is that I need to have all the necessary tools to communicate with my colleagues and customers, and that's where the problems begin.
The one thing about home offices, is that sometimes "home" has a way of blending over into "office" - especially when pets are in the home.
At my house, a few cats have decided that it's more their house than mine. While we co-exist very amicably most of the time, they sometimes forget where the money for cat food comes from.
There's been a few occasions where during video meetings, the face that my web cam was showing was quite a bit fuzzier than mine.
Other than chairing the odd meeting for me, one of the cats has a bit of a bad habit... For you see she has a bit of a habit of treating wires and cords as her personal chew toy. So the other day when I noticed that my headset wasn't very functional anymore, it didn't take long to find out why...
