The first ques­tion that I ask myself this morning is, “Why is the alarm clock going off so early?” Oh, right – today marks the first time I am back in the actual office, after a long, long, long time working from home. An exciting day is about to start – I don’t know if I’ll survive!

Trip around the world to Ehingen

While I am getting dressed for the office I feel like getting ready to go out on the town.
Where is this “Ehingen” and how on earth do I get there? Navi says it will take 45 minutes…. I finally get to travel the world again!

Whoops, I forgot my card. Crawling over the barri­cades I find myself wondering if they had been recently disin­fected.

Frank wants to greet me with a fist bump. What should I do? Does our combined arm length reach the required one and a half meters? My arms are long enough but Frank’s are pretty short, although notice­ably tan…. what am I doing wrong?

Fallen leaves and a dead plant

There are leaves on the ground throughout the entire office. The trees are completely bare and brown. It doesn’t look very clean and sterile to me…. why didn’t anyone water our poor plants while we were gone?

I miss the coffee back at home.

You can see that the office plant is happy David is back.

Yummy Sauer­braten! You don't get this working from home.

What is this Windows System and how do I use it? Can we please have a rein­te­gra­tion training for this?
My mouse is sticking to the desk. My first thought: This place is filthy. My second thought: Think posi­tive, David. No one has touched this mouse since you left. With that in mind, it must be clean.

Main­tain your distance, please!

My coworkers have gained a bit of weight. It is nearly impos­sible to main­tain the required social distance… or is it only the distance from face to face that counts? Although, main­taining that distance from body to body is also crit­ical to avoid getting shot at by a popping shirt button.

Lunch ques­tion: Lunch counts as personal time, right? So, am I allowed to sit with one other person outside of my house­hold without adhering to the social distancing stan­dards?

This free Sauer­braten is amazing! A defi­nite must for the future. Although we prob­ably have to rethink the plastic containers…

Feels good to be back

With all of the stress and cyni­cism in trying to accom­mo­date to this new routine, it was still great to see all my coworkers in person. I can’t wait for next week.

A friendly warning for my coworkers: If the mouse isn’t still sticky when I get back, I will know you used it while I was gone. Can we set up mouse traps?