I worked from home for a couple of days after getting back from Maui, just before the new academic quarter began. I don’t think anybody wanted this quarter to start. I’m still in two minds about whether I want this year to start. You cannot stop the progress of time, hold it back though we try, it keeps on crashing through. As my old boss in Finchley two decades ago used to say, “What I can do?” We just get on with it. I had a companion while working at my desk, our cat Whiskers who likes to keep us company whenever any of us work from home, he needs to be right there supervising. He’s a pretty quiet supervisor. I definitely prefer working from the office, but taking a day from home every so often can be nice, and oddly more productive with no (human) interruptions. My laptop screen is pretty small though, and occasionally a cat will sit across the keyboard. Here though he was just keeping the laptop case warm for me, a useful task. He and his brother were very happy we were home from Hawaii. We arrived back after dark, and it was pouring with rain. I always unpack my clothes right away when returning home, it’s a habit of mine (yet when I do laundry and hang up my wet clothes in the bathroom, it can be a week or so before I put those clean clothes away after they’ve dried, it’s funny). I drew Whiskers in pencil and watercolour.