Working from home - officially

I had breakfast with my boss this morning, and one of the questions I wanted to ask her was whether I'd be allowed to change my working location from our Covent Garden office to my home office. And the lady from California (as opposed to the man from Del Monte), she say "yes"! Hoorah! I didn't really have any doubts that I'd get a positive response, partly because so many people in the company already work from home, and partly because the response to any reasonable request like this in the past has always been positive. But it's nice to know that it's a definite yes, since now I can get on with planning things. I won't get my home office properly organised until I go back to work after my maternity leave in October, at which time I'll need a dedicated business line and one of those nice posh printer/scanner/copier thingies. Which is handy, since we don't have a printer at the moment.

I'll probably still have to do some travelling since that's a fairly integral part of the job, and I'll have to go into town occasionally to see clients, but I can try to do that on days when I've already arranged for school pick-up to be looked after, and of course I can try to make sure I get more than one appointment on days when I do go into town. One of the things I may well have to attend is our annual conference, which this year is being held at what looks to be an enormously posh hotel in Ireland. Husbandio's best friend lives over in Ireland with his wife and daughter, so we may be able to combine the work trip with some socialising too. Or maybe I'll just hide in the spa, now there's a nice thought.....