Working from home = Cabin Fever (1 Viewer)

[NauticalGent]

Send help...soon! Don't. know. how. much. longer. I. can. hold. on...

 

[jdraw]

Hang in there John. We're all in the same boat. I'm getting an inch or 2 of late season snow today - after a week+ of warm spring weather.

 

[NauticalGent]

The Jimmy Buffet song "Boat Drinks" comes to mind!

 

[Minty]

You can make it. You've lasted this long!

We've been at WFH for months, and my wife does it permanently but normally doesn't have me for company...
I'm actually looking forward to getting back into the office for at least a few days a week.

 

[NauticalGent]

It is complete role reversal for me. She goes to work and puts in late hours while I stay at home, mind the granddaughter (I even potty-trained her!) and prepare dinner.

My fragile male ego cant take too much more of this - might have to go to a gentlemen's club to get my head right...

 

[Minty]

Recently, she has been out quite a lot travelling for sites visits (she's out again today), whereas it's me that normally commutes.

I had to drive 25 miles for my covid jab a few weeks ago and it felt like a day out...

 

[Isaac]

We've both (all 4 actually, including an 18 yr old and a 20 yr old going through some interesting phases...) been at home 24/7 for over a year now. Life has definitely changed..

 

[Uncle Gizmo]

granddaughter (I even potty-trained her!)

My granddaughter left to her own devices, decided to to spread the contents of the potty everywhere with her bare hands!

My son and daughter-in-law didn't know what to say or do.

I asked my granddaughter what did it feel like? Did it smell funny? All she was doing was exploring her world!

 

[NauticalGent]

spread the contents of the potty everywhere with her bare hands!

An artist expressing herself!

 

[Uncle Gizmo]

I never liked working from home...

The evidence is in: working from home is a failed experiment | Gene Marks

It’s not just ‘old school’ thinking – a recent study found two-thirds of workers ‘craving’ more in-person time with their teams

www.theguardian.com

 

[harpygaggle]

It is complete role reversal for me. She goes to work and puts in late hours while I stay at home, mind the granddaughter (I even potty-trained her!) and prepare dinner.

My fragile male ego cant take too much more of this - might have to go to a gentlemen's club to get my head right...

So interesting, how did you potty-trained your granddaughter? How old is she? I have a 1 year old baby here in the house and I'm planning to train her to save diaper cost.

 

[NauticalGent]

So interesting, how did you potty-trained your granddaughter? How old is she? I have a 1 year old baby here in the house and I'm planning to train her to save diaper cost.

She is 2. She had gone in the potty a few times but was content using her diaper. No matter how much I tried to convince her not to go in her diaper, she did.

When she had to poop, it was easy to tell because she would stand up and go hide...I would direct her to the potty but I couldn't be there each and every time.

When she would poop in her diaper, she would come to me and announce that she needed changing because she did not like the way it felt...

So, I removed her diaper and made her walk around "commando"...she would not soil herself while she was naked and was forced to find the potty.

Within a week she was used to using the potty. I introduced clothing and watched her closely. For the most part, she would not soil the panties and the few times she did, she knew she should not have and it was easy to correct her.

The whole process took about 2 weeks

 

[AccessBlaster]

Even though you are going stir crazy these are moments the grandchild will cherish for the rest of her life.

 

[NauticalGent]

Even though you are going stir crazy these are moments the grandchild will cherish for the rest of her life.

Say that again and the truth shall set you free...!

 

[NauticalGent]

I built this for her while I was in between jobs. It is one of the main reasons she is always saying "I wanna go Pops house!!"

 

[Steve R.]

As for having cabin-fever, this is the "first" time that I have actually looked forward to the warm spring weather arriving. Things were a bit bleak from December through March. Two of our kids had Covid and we, at the time, did not have any Covid vaccine shots. So no visiting. We were stuck at home. Now we are fully vaccinated and building motivation to travel somewhere. Good luck with your grandchild!

Scott Adams has been running cartoons on the tribulations of working at home. One of the recent ones.

 

[CollaTech]

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I built this for her while I was in between jobs. It is one of the main reasons she is always saying "I wanna go Pops house!!"

Oh man this is so nice! Building something for her would definitely cherished. Good heart man. Wfh seems doing good to you huh

 

[conception_native_0123]

I built this for her while I was in between jobs. It is one of the main reasons she is always saying "I wanna go Pops house!!"

that is beautiful. quite artist and architect you are

 

[NauticalGent]

that is beautiful. quite artist and architect you are

A set of plans downloaded from YouTube. Really not much to it...and there is a reason I took the picture from a distance!

 

[moke123]

She had gone in the potty a few times but was content using her diaper. No matter how much I tried to convince her not to go in her diaper, she did.

Perhaps you should have led by example.