Homework

I didn't do my homework this weekend. I was meant to look up some cites in the deposition of our client -- but I just did not seem to get to it this weekend. I was so exhausted after the first week of trial that I slept a lot, paid attention to my family, baked pies for Thanksgiving and did other things unrelated to the trial.

It seems like I always have homework -- even though I am just the paralegal. Working out of the house, I have some flexibility as to how I spread out my work-day. (As a non-exempt employee I have to account for my hours.) While working at home I often end up doing some laundry, running to the market, surfing the Internet, doing carpool, cooking dinner, or working out at the gym. Because I am an honest person who is full of compunction, I make up the lost time working in the evening or on the weekends. After talking with other people who work at home, this seems to be on of the dangers inherent in telecommuting -- we always seem to be working.