Working Remotely

A site to get some funny looks, iMac, Coffee, Baby Bottle...

Today I have the rare opportunity to take I and myself to a coffee shop to "work". While we tried working, we really did, but it's kind of hard to work one handed while feeding with the other. But now I is asleep in her car seat and I have a chance to get something done.

Oh wait. The internet sucks. It may be the literally 9 other iMacs in the shop sucking the weak internet signal dry but forget trying to FTP something or handle heavy web work. That'll hafta wait for Z's nap time later. 

But I can blog!

 

I'm excited to see how the new Blogger photo browser will look with these photos I took of the girls yesterday while mom was shopping! Thank heavens for a grassy area outside the store . . . we didn't have to go in and shop!

It looks like Blogger is trying to incorporate Google + more by implementing this photo browsing technology. Very exciting! I see Tom Anderson, the former CEO of Myspace using Google + as a blog, but like I said a few weeks ago I'm still waiting to see how they combine the two programs.

I've got 16 more precious minutes of this deja-vu type experience. It's funny, the woman who is watching Z at the moment also has a two year old. She's one of the more active members in the mommy group we joined. Close to 2 years ago I was in a coffee shop very similar to this when she and her 2 girls walked in. We'll call them M, S, & T. M, (the mom) approached me and mentioned how calm Z was being in her car seat. I was tapping away at the same laptop I am now and we made small talk. She left, came back a few minutes later and said "You should join our mommy group!" I laughed and said "But, I'm not a mom!" "No matter", M said, and a few days later I was striding our stroller around the park with a bunch of mom's with kids close to Z's age. More on the mommy group later...

Now Z is at M's house playing w/ T (the 2 year old) and I and I are chillin' at a coffee shop. Good times!

The view from Z's window this morning

One last random picture that means a lot to me. When we moved into our home a few months ago one of my favorite things were the flowers and plant life around the yard. In the mornings the sunlight comes into Z's room and hits the flowers just right. I'm so excited to be able to provide a beautiful view for our children on a daily basis. The photo doesn't do it justice, but it's cool anyway.

Alright! Time to pick up Z and really get some work done.

Cheers,
-marc