You may have noticed I haven’t been posting much lately. That’s because I haven’t been telecommuting much lately! Aaarrrgghhh!

My boss had another 3-day face-to-face where he flew in team members from around the world to meet together. Luckily for me it was, again, in California so I didn’t have to travel. But I did have to commute. I am reminded each time I have to be in the office for an 8am meeting why I like so much to telecommute!

I will admit, the face-to-face meetings were helpful. We’re working on a major project right now with a very tight deadline. Being in person all day with my European counterparts (who I can normally only speak with by phone for an hour or two first thing in my morning before they go home for the day) was a big change. For a frequent telecommuter, all this face-time is really useful. I can really make the most of it to build up relationships - even with those who are in the same office as me.

On the downside though, a few days later I came down with an awful cold - the second reason I haven’t been blogging much lately. The cold, I’m sure, was a direct result of being in contact with so many people (the first day there were about 30 of us in one room!). All that hand-shaking passed around too many germs.  Honestly, I think we have to come up with a new greeting method that doesn’t involve touching palms. How about making brief contact with the backs of our hands. Or our elbows or something? There’s got to be a better way!

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