To sweats or not to sweats?

How is it September? My blog is 3 months old! When I first started this blog I was in a dark place of uncertainty, sweating what the future would hold and how I would get there. I knew that summer was going to bring changes but I wasn't sure I would make it through to see them. I did, here I am, and everything has changed. Now, I have slowly slid into a new, interim life. In the 4 weeks I have been on the east coast I have visited friends, spent oodles of time with the parents, and planned weekends and weekends of upcoming fun. Fall fun. Because it is almost fall.

September to me means fall, football, maroon sweaters, changing leaves, coffee in the afternoon, and rain. Sounds a lot like Seattle doesn't it? It is the time of year I usually plan a trip to Oktoberfest in Leavenworth. A lot of things will be different this September, a lot of things.

This week has been work, work, work. Last night I stayed up until after midnight working. I was productive but slept in until nine this morning and was too burned out from my 15 hour day to concentrate. I thought it was time to make a list about working from home, specifically, why it is awesome and why it is not.

Why working from home is awesome:
1. You can work in the middle of the night and sleep in the next day if you want to.
2. You can lay on your bed or sit outside during conference calls.
3. You can actually get a lot of work done during conference calls.
4. You can get up 10 minutes before the start of your shift and be on time.
5. You can wear your sweats ALL DAY (hear that Sweats??)
6. You don't spend money eating out for lunch or coffee.
7. You can do laundry on your breaks.
8. You are home for the phone guy, cable guy, or Fedex guy.
9. You can work autonomously, without interruptions, and without having to be nice to people you don't like.
10. You can easily access your personal computer for such things as Fantasy Football drafts, Facebook, or online shopping!

Why working from home is NOT awesome:
1. You sometimes end up working in the middle of the night.
2. You work ALL DAY. There is no water cooler talk or anyone stopping by your office.
3. You sometimes end up wearing your sweats all day. It's not intentional per se, but really, why put on jeans if you ain't goin' no where?
4. After about 3 days of not leaving the house you start to hate and crave people at the same time.
5. It's less fun complaining to your co-worker over the phone. You've gotta do it in person so you can use hand gestures!

So far the awesome outweighs the not awesome. I'm not going to sweat this working from home thing, I'm just going to wear sweats while I do it.

PS: This post is dedicated to Sweats. :)