Well, I got up at 6 am, made my coffee. I gave my family hugs and kisses and headed off to the office.

Low and behold the world did not end just because I had to go to the office. Would I rather have stayed home? Yes. Is it really necessary for me to be in the office? No. But I have realized that it is what it is and I don’t really have a choice.

So my only option is to make the best of it, today I had enough work to stay pretty busy and I’ll probably prioritize my day-to-day busy stuff for days I’m in the office. I’m referring to the tasks that aren’t urgent and don’t really have deadlines.

I’m also scheduling most of my meetings while I’m at the office, I figured the busier I am on those days the quicker my day will go.

A few things to note, maybe my company should not have decided now was the time to return to the office, it’s the height of pollen season so everyone in the office today was sneezing and coughing. Gas prices are high and most of our office campus is still under construction. We don’t even have the cafeteria available. They had to bring in food trucks.

Office life at least for me is very distracting, I found it so hard to focus today, it’s an open floor plan and between people chatting, having meetings, walking around, or just typing away at their desks it felt like sensory overload. Even the fluorescent lights were giving me a headache by the end of the day.

Like everything else I know I just need to be patient and I will be able to acclimate again to the office environment.

Overall, although I missed my husband quite a lot I was not as depressed or as miserable as I thought I would be. You bet that on the days I will be working from home and will be taking advantage of that time as much as possible. No lazy days doing nothing.