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[jianantonic]

It snowed kind of a lot (by Portland standards) yesterday, so Doug gave us all the option to work from home for the past two days. The roads are basically completely blanketed with slick, powdery snow, because this city does not have plows, at least not that I have seen. This is also the first time we've ever had actual snow in all the time I've lived here, so I understand the not having plows thing. It would be a waste. Anyway, working from home is lovely and all, except that it's not like when I was a freelancer and could write when the muse struck and do whatever the fuck else I wanted. I have to constantly monitor my inbox for work items and then deal with them as they come in, because I'm actually on the clock now. So while it's nice to be home and comfortable in bed, I have to keep reminding myself that it's not okay to turn on Netflix or roll over and go to sleep. Here's the conversation I've been having with myself all day:

It would feel so good to just nap for a couple of hours...
No, you can't do that, you have to be on call.
Okay then maybe a shower would be nice.
Can you process claims from the shower? Okay then, no shower right now.
Well if I can't shower, I might as well roll over and...no! No sleeping!

I would totally take a nap when the workday ends in about an hour, except that the Blazers play the Pacers at 4pm, and I'll want to watch that. At least it's the weekend and I can sleep as much as I want, starting soon...