I went out for a lunchtime walk and came back to find an unexpected window cleaning in progress. We do have an agreement with a company for general cleaning every other Tuesday, so I wasn’t entirely shocked to find people there. And when I took a closer look, I recognized the guy hanging halfway out through the window, so they were actually cleaners and not burglars.

Usually the extras are planned and announced in advance, which would have given me some time to clear the windowsills of plants and to move my mini-office. Now I ended up working in the kitchen. In the cold kitchen, because half the windows in the house were wide open. At least I had no important meetings scheduled for this afternoon. Trying to hold a technical interview surrounded by people with buckets would have been awkward.