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This, so much.

We have a small house, which is fine because I work at the office, they're out at school, it's big enough for the times we need to be there ... oh wait.

Our upstairs is big enough for the beds, and a narrow space around each. Downstairs has no dividing walls/doors.

Now work expect equal output from me and I'm working in the kitchen with a just a gap between me and the room a toddler and 2 other children are occupying.

Perhaps if they weren't my kids, particularly my brain interrupts every time the toddler speaks, because that's how we're wired for young voices.

Now add in that the kids are used to running around screaming, literally screaming, to burn off energy .. it's not going well.

Meanwhile the bosses in their massive home offices, think everything is perfect and don't see why we shouldn't be _more_ productive than normal.

I'm waiting for when we go back wondering how their argument for why we're not allowed to home-work is going to go ...



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