1st Day at the Office

Today I made it to the office. I got up at 7:15am, showered, dressed, had a breakfast including different kinds of vitamins and medication and headed for work. I live about 45 car minutes from the office but as driving a car is no longer allowed (due to the risk of a seizure while driving) did I have to revert to the famous (notorious) Dutch public transport. I left home at 8:30am, boarded the first train at 8:45am, missed my bus due to a delay of the second train so had to take a tram and finally arrived at the office at 10:15am after a 10 minute walk in the freezing cold. Not bad :-(

I informed the receptionists of my condition and what they should do if I have a seizure. I met with a lot of colleagues who all wanted to know how I was doing, exchanged stories and news and started a long series of meetings. It was good to be back in the office. I plan to be one day in the office per week as a minimum but first have to find a solution for the transportation problem.  

1st Working Day (at home)

My job caused us to lead quite a nomadic life since 2001. We have worked and lived in countries like the Czech Republic, Ireland, Poland and Italy.  This has resulted is an administrative mess with respect to our taxes, savings, pension and insurances. While waiting for more news from the hospital have I kept myself busy with cleaning our home, especially our administration of previous years. I also had a close look at out (digital) picture and video collection. It is amazing what I found and subsequently could throw away. 

Now that our administration and collections are in mint condition and my medical situation is rather stable have I decided to look for a new challenge: work! I agreed with my manager what I can do and under which conditions and today was supposed to be my first working day in the office. As I’m not allowed to drive did I last night check several public transport websites for the proper train-bus connection and the associated departure and arrival times.

Unfortunately I felt not well at all this morning (very tired, a sore throat and pain in my right leg) so I decided to stay at home. I have worked most of the day on the tasks given to me, called around to chase actions and have made a backup of my office laptop harddisk. I feel pretty good and will make another attempt to get to the office tomorrow.