The Best Laid Plans

Rain. It doesn't rain all freakin' summer and then the weekend that we actually have plans? God says "Let the sky open up and oceans fall". We were going to go to the NASCAR race yesterday. For the first time in 30 years, it was postponed - until today.

I sent a message to my boss. Told him I was going to take a vacation day to go to the race on Monday.

This morning I sent him a note that said "Never mind." I've decided I'll work from home - and if we get a window to scoot over to the track - at least I'll be here. The mud is sliding down our road though. I can't even imagine what the campgrounds and parking areas look like. When we were there for the IRL race a couple of weeks ago, it was a sea of mud after about 3 hours of rain. It's been raining here for almost 3 days now.

And so, I'm working from home. For those of you that do this on a regular basis, how do you shut out all other distractions (i.e. husband listening to BBC online while sitting behind you? or teenager out of school for the summer playing World of Warcraft?) Do you have your own office? I can usually do okay for some period of time, but then I start getting that "on edge" feeling. Like I want to yell "Look, there's a reason I go to the office every day....I need some time alone!"

It's raining harder. Mr. Hot is carrying on a conversation with the BBC presenters. Luckily, it's far too early for Shortman to be awake. I can feel my teeth starting to clench. I have to pack - it's back to Chicago tomorrow. This is a sad little post. Maybe I'll have something to write about later. Or tomorrow.