As I enter week three of work-from-home, I am both ready for it to end; and wish I could keep it permanently.

I want it to end because I miss the rides to and from work. At work I can easily get up and move around every 15-20 minutes; working from home has me parked on my rear far too much.

I wish I could keep it because it would make flex time very easy. Let\’s say it\’s 5:15 am, and I\’m all set to go for a ride, but it\’s storming like crazy: torrential rain, strong wind, close lightning; the whole shebang. Under ordinary circumstances I\’d have to either skip riding; or go out and get soaked, not to mention the risk of getting struck by lightning.

As long as I\’m working from home, I could clock in and work for several hours while I waited for the weather to settle down. Then I could clock out and go riding! My normal working day doesn\’t allow for that.

Working from home means I don\’t have to pack a lunch. There are days when packing my bicycle trunk just to go to work makes me feel like I\’m preparing to go on safari.

I don\’t need to wear a filter mask when I\’m working at home, and I\’m enjoying the respite from those pesky things. It\’s lucky I bought a supply of them well before COVID-19 became a household word. I donated some for medical workers, but I dare not give away too many. I\’ll need those masks when I go back to regular work, and for quite some time it might be impossible to buy them from any source.

All this COVID-19 stay-at-home business makes me grateful that I\’ve never been a big socializer. Some people love and need a lot of company; they must be really feeling the isolation now. And for some, this is more than week three!