WFH

I get about 10 or so of these e-mails a week. All they say is "WFH". Sometimes the really lazy will simply reply-all to someone else's "WFH" and add a "+1" to the body of the message. While WFH fittingly appears similar to the somewhat-non-synonymous and perhaps better known to the outside world WTF, WFH actually means "Work From Home".

Company X that I work for has a policy that you can WFH once per week. I'm not sure if you can bank them (I don't think so) but if you could I would have about 80 of them. WFH is very difficult for me (and therefore I don't do it) because when at home I would rather just do something that is, well, not W. It doesn't matter that you're probably not allowed to bank them, however, because no one takes the once-per-week policy very seriously. Some people only show up here once per week (a kind of inverse WFH one time per week policy). Crazy.

And so I find myself in my island-of-four at the far end of the office looking down to the snowy river (great view in this new office, btw) all alone. The other three are WFH (or just "+1") and I'm keeping everything going all by my little self.

There is still snow on the ground here in Munich. It's been here for weeks now and it is really cold. Last year there was no snow -- not even in the sky. This year is cold cold cold. BUT, we're going to Greece! How about that!? Just 8 weeks to go!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Here is how cold it is:

The church I pass on the way to work along the river (actually sunny the other day!)

Earlier on the path to work I walk along this canal and it was very slippery

Munich from St. Peter with snowy roofs (not my picture but taken this past week nonetheless)

Here is how we're sometimes dealing with it:

Indoor cycling

Fondue party :-)

And finally, here is a picture of Crete where we will be in just eight weeks time: