Work

I work from home. It's been a pretty fantastic way to do my job and be a good supportive husband to the med school wife. Back in the "real" office days, I'd spend 8-9 hours a day at work. Time spent actually working on a given day probably totaled around five hours, with the remainder spent surfing the internet, writing personal emails, and other relative time-wasters. Now, I get up early with the wife. She typically likes to get to school by 8, so the alarm rings around 6:30. Between 6:30 and noon is my most productive window. After lunch, if I don't have anything scheduled, I'll run errands or mow the lawn or start prepping dinner for the evening. Then I'll hop back in my office around 2 or 3 and put in a few more hours. I'd say that all in all, I'm more productive now than when I had to clock in to the office. My breaks take me away from work mentally, so when I return to my desk in the afternoon, I feel refreshed and I'm ready to be productive again.

We'll see how it goes once the baby is here. There's a great day care connected to the medical school, but it's awfully expensive. If the baby is on a predictable sleep schedule, I could make sure to schedule my sales calls for nap time. However, that's really hard to know at this point, and getting in to the day care will require us to make a decision early. I also want to be around the kid as much as possible. We'll see.