“Remoted - Hybrid” – Day 569 (Wednesday)

The office-office has an arc window that provides a view to life. From the window we check for active windshield wipers and wet sidewalks to know if we need rain protection. Attire of people on the street is assessed to determine if jackets and sweaters should be added or removed for comfort outside. The clues to life outside seen from our window are a real benefit to being on the top floor of the building. When storms roll in, it’s dramatic and spectacular. 

The weather changes, but the permanent view is a brick building across the street. Pre-remoting, it often featured a shirtless man posing in a window with his foot up on the windowsill. Since the return to the office, I’ve been told he is still across the street, but I haven’t seen him. My new desk space has a different flight path to the water cooler and my view of the window/stage and the frequently shirtless man is minimized. I am not sad about this. 

Sunny cloudy in Lowell.

From the new desk space, I have a different view of the office, the brick building across the street, the clock tower at City Hall, and the sky. The sky has many moods and colors and this morning we got a taste of sunny cloudy as sun shone upon the brick building while gray clouds hovered overhead and spread far beyond. I spotted it and walked across the office for a closer look outside. Soon, a few of us were at the window taking in the view for a minute, and then, like magic, we scattered back to our desks and work.