I know you were under the weather (I hope you didn't miss Part 2 on interruptions), so I hope nobody interrupted your much-needed rest.

With regard to Tucker, do you have a good babysitter he likes, one who can come and keep him company (and keep him on schedule) on days when he's home and healthy, but the weather is bad or there's a teachers' in-service day? The initial instinct of most parents is that they hate to "waste" money on a sitter/companion when they're home, but if you think about the financial value of your time, and the value to Tucker to have someone who is 100% concentrating on him (and not mentally distracted by a looming deadline), *and* if he'd accept having someone with him when you're already in the house, that might be a good ad hoc solution.

As for clients having emergencies, remember, if you weren't in the office to receive the "lack of planning on my part constitutes an emergency on Susan's part" email, they'd have to wait until your pre-determined Reply Time, anyway, right. And that's when having 45 minute blocks can work well; 45 minutes for working, 15 for replying to messages. Lather, rinse, repeat.

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