Everything changes during the holidays when you are working from home. Kids aren't in school, spouses are taking time off work. It means more distractions as you try to get everything (from cards to presents to baked goods for the neighbors) put together. So it makes working from home a little bit different.

I know my schedule is all sorts of messed up — and my son still has another day of school before the break!

The issue I have is that my husband is working on a Ph.D. He only has to go in for his assistantship for 10 hours a week, so, since the semester ended, he's been home most of the day every day (he goes in Tuesday and Thursday for 5 hours). And when he's home, he expects me to pay attention to him. This whole thing is getting out of hand.

Which is why my work schedule is waaaaaay off and I'm frantically trying to get things done. Distractions keep cropping up, and it's really hard to say "no" when all these distractions are in your work area. I may have a dedicated office, but my family can still find me rather easily.