:) vs. >:(

I have a love/hate relationship with Fridays at work. On the one hand, no one is in the office except for Jessica and me. I can put my iPod on shuffle and not worry about skipping over Justin Timberlake. I get more accomplished (usually) because I have to make authoritative decisions without running upstairs to run ideas and options past people -- it's empowering. I can come in a little late (or a lot late, depending on whether or not I have an event occuring that evening to offset morning hours. I can work from remote locations and it' s fine, although I can do that on other days too. Mostly, the day is more relaxed and the weekend happily before me whenever I can finish up and walk across the parking lot. It's pretty much up to me, and that's really nice some days.

On the other hand....the freedom is tempting. I've learned that working from home rarely amounts to what I want it to be unless I'm appropriately zoned into what's going on. It's easier to work, but easier to be distracted as well. And with fewer people here, it's easier to stay distracted. With fewer people in the office, there are some things that simply can't be finished until Tuesday (when we're all back here together). It's a little crazy.

What I have noticed is that it's easier to get up in the mornings. Rather than rely on a snooze button, Dan's getting ready movements (and his resetting of his own alarm clock) go a long way in getting me ready to get up. I seem to have an internal clock that lets me know about how long I can putz around the house before heading in and today I was ready to go and surprised to see the time on the clock, it was significantly earlier than I thought that it would be. Plus, getting to spend some time with the husband before work is a motivator as well.

We have the weekend coming up. It should be good. There's not too much on the radar yet, and I'll be the first to say that after the past 3 weeks, a low-key weekend sounds pretty good to me. Other than going to the bank and figuring out some of that stuff, it should be pretty simple. :) And that is a wonderful thing.