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| Emily with our cat, Willow |
For me, working from home is a lot like working in a call
center. I have coworkers that I talk to over a chat program, I have one boss
and a set schedule. My husband works 2nd shift so generally he’s
around if Emily needs anything. Sometimes Todd does have class or needs to
leave for work early. Since Emily is four, she is pretty good about playing
quietly with her toys while I’m working.
There have been a few incidents were she has damaged the
calm of my office. One time, Todd was at class and she tried to change to
regular TV. She pushed a wrong button which caused the TV to turn up to full
volume. That didn't take me too long to fix though.
The other day we had our biggest issue to date. Todd had left for
work and I was working a little over because I was stuck on a long call with a
customer who really was clueless. About a minute after Todd left, I heard Emily
start to wail. I quickly put my customer on hold to see what was the matter and
found that one of our cats had scratched her.
We have three cats, two of whom have been around since
before Emily was born. We do our best to have her realize that the cats are
living beings and not playthings. But she has been trying to carry around our oldest
cat, Star, around lately. He’s usually really gentle with her but he must have
not wanted to be picked up so he scratched her.
It wasn't that bad but my child thinks any boo-boo is the
end of the world. I hurried to get off my call and finish my shift but it took
a while. It was hard because Emily kept crying but I had to finish that call.
Once I got off work, I saw that the scratch was bleeding so
I got a band-aid on it. I snuggled her while we watched her current favorite
show, Teen Titans Go. She was fine but it was hard to work hearing her cry
outside my door.
Hopefully that will be the worst misadventure we have!
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