First thought: oh no, I have to go back to the office (getting up one and a half hours earlier, driving, traffic jam, road works…. arghhhh. Nightmare thoughts. And yes, I got used to working from home). Second thought: yeah, looking forward to meet my mates again. Real coffee & real lunch breaks again (divided by transparent plastic walls).
I haven’t been wearing a watch while working from home… and funny enough all of them are still showing winter time… my last day in the office was 17 weeks ago. Isn’t that crazy?
Alarm clock (ringing early).
Shower, hair style & summer make up.
Dressing (nicely. My favorite part).
Driving (road work but no traffic jam).
Parking (early birds benefit…).
Pick up mask.
Walk to office passing by wild growing flowers.
Find right desk.
Coffee.
Meetings.
More coffee.
More meetings.
I love my huge monitor. After the laptop screen for the past months it almost feels like a cinema screen (the film is just not as nice. And I cannot choose. Lol.).
The new office rules:
Reserve a seat in an online list in advance (50% max.).
Only wear the mask you get provided in morning (in-house production).
Wear mask in aisles & buildings.
Only every other desk can be used. First come, first serve.
Allowed to take mask off at own desk.
Keep distance of 1.5metres.
Dispose mask at end of day.
A lunch date. It’s kind of nice to have a lunch break to spend with just eating and w/o cooking preparation.
A surprise: Chinese Sichuan pepper peanuts from a Shanghai colleague. He brought them back from a home trip and has been keeping them since March (I’m impressed. I probably would have eaten all of them by now).
Nice to be back (even my efficiency is higher in home office). I think I still will continue to work from home. New concept could be: 1 day in the office and 4 days working from home. Yes, I like that.
Looking forward to my routined working from home tomorrow. Good night!
Stuttgart547 