It was an odd sort of day yesterday. Spurg didn’t have to go into work at all. Now that he is working farther away from home, we have an increased gas expense that is hitting us a bit hard in the pocket book. Earlier in the week, he asked his boss if it would be possible for him to work from home a couple of days a week to help deal with the added expense. His boss completely understood and said yes. So, every Tuesday and Thursday Spurg will be working from home, on his computer, right next to mine.

It just seemed really strange to have him here all day.. he didn’t even bother with getting dressed (those things aren’t so important when your co-workers can’t see you) and didn’t have to wait for lunch to get something to eat since he could raid our refrigerator whenever he needed to. I teased him about being able to work in what he slept in, have a hot meal at his desk and kick back and watch a little documentary during his lunch hour. Yeah, that’s the life. Seriously though, he’s worked hard, even if he didn’t have to leave the house and this whole set up is going to make our lives just a little bit more affordable since he will only be going into the office three whole days a week. If gas prices continue to go down and stay down, I may have to insist that he goes to work the full five days just so I can have some peace and quiet to myself, but for now, I think this whole set up is very workable. It also frees me up a bit to be able to get out of the house without the kids if I need to run a few quick errands, or more likely, go to the coffee shop a couple of blocks up and sit there with my triple shot mocha enjoying a little time where I don’t have anyone around me who can call me mom or babe. 

The funny thing about his new job, even though he has never worked in this type of shop before, one of his bosses and several of the senior designers have confessed that he has more knowledge about graphic design than any of them do. They also seem to ask him on a regular basis if he is okay with the job, and very willing to let him pretty much do as he pleases as long as the job gets done. Both Spurg and I believe that they may have been willing to let him work from home because they are very aware that he has skills that make him employable in just about any graphic design job and probably at a greater pay scale than he’s receiving now. But you know what? When it comes down to it, the paycheck really doesn’t matter that much anymore, (sure, it’s nice to pay the rent and bills, and we can do that just fine now) it’s about happiness. He really seems happy at this job. He’s relaxed and easy going again and the bonus of the flexibility of the job really make a difference.

I’m off for the weekend now. We really don’t have too much planned. Sydney has a birthday on Monday, but we will probably celebrate it either on Saturday or Sunday (we need to discuss what we would like to do so we know which day to go) so that we can do something together as a family. I’m thinking that maybe we could all go to the movies, or something along those lines. Sydney did mention that she might like to go to the park, so we may just do that and then have a nice quiet little family celebration here at home. I hope that every one has a wonderful weekend and I will see you next week!