my virtual office

It's Maya signing in from Canberra, Australia. It's hard to believe that I've been with THE BOOK project since the beginning of December 2008, because I feel as though I've been working with the other Book members for years. I feel as though we are old co workers, running reports past one another, agreeing and disagreeing about issues, meeting at the water cooler to recount tales of our home lives and weekend adventures around the world. The best part about this 'virtual office' of mine is that it really makes my love for writing a priority alongside the 'regular' day to day 'priorities'. As a wife and stay at home mother of three, home manager, home maker, housekeeper, etc. etc. etc., it's easy to get bogged down with the zillions of things that 'have' to be done and keep putting aside my own writing which seemingly has no deadline or priority. With THE BOOK, I do have coworkers, waiting for me to do my part and I feel that I have more reason to re prioritize all my activities and put writing first!

I don't know about the others, but as my chapters draw to a close, I'm thinking about THE BOOK 2, because I really am having fun with this new job - the hours are great and my co workers a pretty versatile and interesting lot of characters.

Finally, I've discovered another advantage of having my virtual workplace. I am currently on my 5th day of chicken pox, and am really appreciating having a virtual office which allows me to still work and chit chat at the water cooler without exposing anyone to my virus or to the sight of my ghostly visage painted in calamine lotion (though some might say it's an improvement on the way I usually look).

I'm off for another cuppa tea break to bake pear bread and make hamburgers for dinner tonight, but will be back online editing so when other co workers awake from their night's slumber in another part of the world, they can begin their work . . .