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Apr 21 2009Stop touching, start countingCategory: Just MeIt's an occupational hazard for us work-at-home parents. Family members use your workspace like it's another part of the house. They dump their stuff on your desk, knock over your papers, and goof around with your computer. Every time Lucie and Nathan come up to my desk, they start touching my things. If there's a book on my desk -- and there's always a book, calendar or notebook on my desk -- they start to flip through it. Or they go into my filing trays and start rifling through the cards and little pieces of paper. If the top drawer is open, they grab a calculator or pen to play with. I'm not surprised. After all, these are the two kids who are compelled to touch every vending machine in the store. If it has a button, Nathan and Lucie will press it. I've even seen them try to pry open newspaper dispensing machines by pulling on the door over and over again. I hate it when the kids start messing around with my desk. Then again, a little messing is nothing compared to the psycho bosses and long commutes I used to have. Instead of freaking out every time they touch my stuff, maybe I should count my blessings instead.
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