Sometimes even a small break from telecommuting can make working from home feel like a bit of an adjustment again. Fortunately, it’s not difficult.

Last week my kids’ daycare was closed all week for their annual July 4th holiday week. My husband and I took the week off from work and my in-laws came down to visit. The house was full - 6 people (and the kids have the energy of 2 apiece), all day. We had fun and got lots of quality family-time.

This morning I got up and hit my email inbox in my pajamas. After a short time the kids woke up and I got everyone dressed and fed and dropped the kids at daycare. When I got back home I was struck by how quiet it was. At first it felt lonely - I felt a shadow of that same feeling when I started telecommuting and when my husband got a ‘regular’ job after running his own business out of our home for a while. I was surprised at how quickly it could come back.

But the good news is as soon as I sat back down to work I was so busy going through a week’s worth of emails and urgent tasks that were needed yesterday, before I knew it the day was nearly over and I hadn’t given a thought to who was or wasn’t in the house.

In fact, if I’d gone into the office I’d have spent half the day chit-chatting with coworkers about how my vacation went, how their July 4th long weekend was, etc and would not have been half as far through my backlog as I am now!

Yes, working from home can even be an adjustment for a seasoned telecommuter. But it’s a small adjustment!

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