The Home Office and Self-Discipline

Started my new job Thursday. Mostly, I'll be working from my home office, which is not especially roomy (see life-sized photo, left).

I went through and cleaned the place from top to bottom prior to my first day of work. In the past few months, it had gotten pretty cluttered. At one point, in fact, I considered applying for Hurricane Katrina relief money. I'm almost certain I would have qualified.

Due to a temporary personnel shortage at the home office - about an hour's drive from my place - I was thrust into the deep end of the pool on my first day. Basically, I was show my desk, my computer and the phone system, then set loose to do my worst.

I'll only be visiting Galactic Central Point maybe once a week. The rest of the time I'll be here at home trying to convince myself that deadlines still matter even if I don't have an editor looking over my shoulder to make sure I'm interviewing congressmen instead of downloading porn.

Fortunately, I have the self-discipline of a Marine drill sergeant. Yup. That's what I've got alrighty.

I wonder what's on Oprah this afternoon.