This weekend, Ike, that lovely hurricane that has caused so much tragedy and strife, hit the mid-west.  While it seemed like just a rainy day for me at a horse show in Nashville, TN, the tri-state area was experiencing extreme winds and tornado-like weather.  Power in homes in the Cincinnati area turned off and, for some, still has yet to come back on.  Since this area has not experienced this in some time, you can only imagine how much the day-to-day activities were affected. 

For me, our house remained with power, but my body did not.  While the storm affected others' days, I got a sickness with enough power to lay me out. However, with the ability to work from home, this did not affect my work time (thankfully!). 

In my last post, I discussed my liking toward the ability to work from home.  This was proved yet again this week when I felt terrible and didn't have to go to the office, but still did not have to take a sick day either.  While sipping on hot tea, taking prescriptions, and putting my feet up, I was able to accomplish a large load of work this week from my couch.  I was able to continue learning more about my clients, how to work the mysteries of creative suite, and experience the lovely joys of VPN's. 

I think more companies should seriously consider letting employees work from home for parts of the week.  Rather than getting behind during times of long gas lines with little gas at the station or sick employees, companies could capitalize on work by allowing their employees to have some face time from home.  After all, through all of this, Brian and I were able to have meetings twice a day and get a plethora of work accomplished while not in the same vicinity.  If I had to guess, working virtually is going to grow in the future when people see all of the benefits it has for both employees and the business as a whole.