Such a Baby

I'm totally such a baby.  I have been working from home for 6 weeks now because of my broken foot and have loved every minute of it.  The kid gets to sleep an extra hour in the morning, the rush-rush, hurry up to get out the door in the morning disappeared, as did the hour drive home from work to pick the kid up.  I've loved it, the kid has loved it.  We've easily adapted, it's making me sick knowing I have to go back in to the office next week.  Literally, I've been sick to my stomach since Sunday and haven't been able to sleep.  I know, I'm a total big baby.

Anyway, my boss called me this morning about work and we were joking around (kind of) about coming in next week and I told her (kind of jokingly) that I was so depressed about having to come in...and what happens?  I get all choked up and she knew I was going to cry.  So, she's pretty cool and asks me what's going on.  And I tell her that it's going to be really hard for me because working from home has been so good for me and the kid.  What happens?  I delay coming into the office one extra day (haha) and possibly am now working on working from home two days a week instead of just one!!!!  Normally, everyone on the team gets to work from home one day a week, now I'm working on two.  It may take a few weeks to go through, but she knows my feelings and is going to work something out.  Wooo hooooo, okay, so I'm a baby, but sometimes being totally emotional obviously plays to my advantage!!!
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On to other news...when I moved into the house the people who lived here before had a dog and obviously NEVER cleaned the vents or the blinds.  I took the blinds down in the living room because they seriously smell like dog and are filthy, despite attempting to clean them.  Now my problem is that the window is over 120 inches and faces directly west so all the sun comes in in the afternoon.  Now, I love the sun, but I do not love the heat it produces in my living room.

I've been searching for some curtains, but apparently they don't make them that long.  I bought some really pretty shears, but they are (duh) too see through by the afternoon when the sun comes in and I end up having to squint to see my computer screen.  Not cool.  Tonight I ordered some tab top curtains.  It sucks though because they won't arrive in time for my party next week.  The living room looks pretty lame right now.  In the meantime I hung some room darkening curtains up along the window that are "just" long enough.  They block out the afternoon light/heat, but I was hoping the house would look pretty enough for the party.  What I might do is hand the shears for that night (and take them back afterward) so that it looks pretty.  I love the shears, but you can't see in the room once the sun hits in the afternoon.

I know it's totally lame to be obsessed with this, but I'm anal like that.
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So the kid's been out of school two days and I haven't had the chance to use my elliptical...totally feeling the guilt.  Tomorrow, I swear, I will be on it - come hell or high water!!!!  Gotta keep telling myself - Mexico!  Mexico!  Mexico!!!!!