I just dropped my sister (the kidney donor) and her family off at the airport this morning. They are going to Florida for a soccer tournament and the flight was leaving from Ontario airport. We left Irvine at 3:50 am to get to a 6:15 am flight. Out of all the airports in the metro Los Angeles area, I have never been to Ontario and Burbank airports. However, I did used to travel a lot out of Los Angeles and John Wayne (Santa Ana), and I flew to Las Vegas from Long Beach once a long time ago.
Anyway, the soccer tournament is for my older niece. Most of the teams are from West Coast, but when the tournament was being organized, they did not know if California would be open due to the pandemic. Of course Florida never really closed, so the organizers chose Florida. They will be gone for 11 days, and I have to stay at their house to let in a few service people and watch/feed their two dogs.
It is now 7:15 am and I did not receive a call so mostly likely everything was fine and their flight took off from the airport. Since there were four of them plus luggage, we drove my sister’s Acura MDX. I wanted to take my Tesla Model S, but likely could not fit everything. Coming back by myself from the airport, driving an internal combustion engine (ICE) car was terrible compared to an electric vehicle (EV). I kept over-revving the engine, even with a 9-speed automatic transmission. Also, I kept expecting the car to slow down when I release the accelerator due to electric regeneration, but an ICE car will coast for quite a distance. I also use Tesla’s AutoPilot all the time on the freeway, so it was weird to have to constantly steer and brake while driving. I know, first world problems.
Finally, since I am still working full-time, but my sister wants me to stay at their house, I had to bring over my work computer setup: notebook computer, dock, keyboard/mouse, wireless headset, and some cables. Luckily, she has a home office with dual monitors I could use. I also had to bring my old MacBook Air for personal stuff, and set that up in a separate office (they have two). I am pretty much set except their microwave oven is broken, and repair guy will not be here until Tuesday. I will probably go back to my house to eat, since it is only a five minute drive.
So, what do you call it if you are working from home, but at someone else’s home?
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My niece made me a two-week calendar with all the “events” I need to watch out for, along with a bunch of notes. She also created a couple of instruction pages in PowerPoint about doggie care. At first I was thinking, “I managed cash for a multi-billion company, surely I can watch two dogs.” However, you would be surprised how much goes on in a family with two kids and two dogs. I may need to call my parents to come and help if work gets busy for the next two weeks.
Life with chronic diseases 