Change =/= rest

[desperance]

Heh. That was fun... *is knackered now*

For years, years, I have been saying that the arrangement of my office was All Wrong, and I needed to get rid of some stuff and move everything else around. But it was of course never the right time, and besides I'd need someone else to come and help me, and and and...

Yesterday I was out with m'friends Helen and Mark, and Mark said, "Chaz. I'm free tomorrow. How's about I come around and help you shift some stuff, and so forth...?"

So. Yup. Mark came.

We evacuated two large pieces of furniture that were doing nothing but take up space and Hold Stuff, and put them out in the back alley in the local disorganised version of Freecycle. Then Mark ripped up all the remaining staircarpet (and dug out all the revolting naily spiky carpet-retainer things, bless the man) while I unloaded and shifted and reloaded bookcases and filing cabinets and such; then we both shifted the desk.

Then he went home, and I have disentangled a spaghetti-bowl of cable and replugged in the computer. Obviously.

There is still Much To Do. Mostly shifting shelves and filing cabinets, redux. It's a sliding-tile game: can't move that until that other thing's been moved, can't move that until... etc.

Also, there is a slight question over where the printer goes now, as it used to sit on the sideboard which has been Freecycled (the furniture was in the alley for no more than a few hours before it had suddenly and mysteriously disappeared, as things do). Current theory favours "on top of the stack of two-drawer filing cabinets in that corner", which it's going to be the devil to get up there as the printer is enormous and weighs a ton, and it will be a little foolishly high above my head, but hey. Out of the way.

Mark's coming back tomorrow. Once we're all sorted, I might post photos. New office, and so forth.

Cats are conservative creatures, much like me. The boys aren't at all sure they approve. Mac has hidden himself somewhere in a pro-tem chaos of boxes; Barry has disappeared entirely. He may just be sulking, because we shut them in the dining-room and wouldn't let them help.

ETA: my desk is currently entirely clear of anything except basic computer equipment, monitor and keyboard and mouse. Oh, and a glass of wine. That's it. Feels weird...

Comments

[mizkit.livejournal.com]

Hooray!

How's your tingly arm?

[desperance.livejournal.com]

Still tinglin'. Currently worse morning and evening, almost negligible during the day. Literally negligible (viz I neglect it) when I have physical work to do; I've not given it a thought while I was active today. Now that I've stopped... Ouchie. But not badly so, I don't think I've aggravated it. Mark wouldn't let me hammer.

[mizkit.livejournal.com]

*pets it gently* My stupid shoulder seems to be more aggravated in the mornings right now, despite trying to sleep carefully. We hates it, precious...

[desperance.livejournal.com]

We does. I am apparently not capable of sleeping carefully (damn it! Why not? *is control freak*). Whichever side I sleep on, I end up aggravating it.

[kateelliott.livejournal.com]

The glass of wine feels weird?

OH. YOU mean a clear desk.

[moral-vacuum.livejournal.com]

the printer is enormous and weighs a ton, and it will be a little foolishly high above my head

Printer in a high place. Cats jumping up onto high place. Printer crashing to the ground.

I thought my ironing board was fine on top of the wardrobe until one of my cats pulled the damn thing off.

[agoodwinsmith.livejournal.com]

Yes, yes - I was going to say this: bad idea. Argh argh argh. Cats are always in Obama-mode[1] when it comes to heavy things off high shelves.

[1] - yes we can, yes we can.

[desperance.livejournal.com]

No, they can't. Honestly. Not a chance. They'd have better luck trying to tip over a filing cabinet.

[agoodwinsmith.livejournal.com]

What - you think cats have never succeeded at this? Oh ye of little faith and all that jazz. A determined cat and the right lever can do anything. Conk.

[moral-vacuum.livejournal.com]

They carry a concealed fulcrum with them at all times.

[agoodwinsmith.livejournal.com]

Well, I don't know about yours, but mine do. Oh yes.

[desperance.livejournal.com]

This printer comes with handles on both sides and serious instructions, "do not try to lift this alone". Really truly, even both boys working together couldn't shift it.

[mizkit.livejournal.com]

I feel you should put it on the floor, and not above your pumpkin head.

[desperance.livejournal.com]

Floor? The floor? There is no floor!

(All right, I exaggerate. But it'll be fine, really truly. I shall post photos, to your greater comfort. Also, once it's in situ I'll see if I still think it's fine, and if not I'll think again. Promise. Just, the obvious alternative is a corner of the desk - but it's so big it takes up about half the desk. And it's a big desk...)

[esmeraldus-neo.livejournal.com]

Soon the desk will have cats on it.

[desperance.livejournal.com]

Hah. This morning it had even less on it, because the keyboard was on the floor. Clearly, this means that it has indeed had cats on it, fighting.

Otherwise, I think it's less attractive at the moment, on account of lack of piles of paper, boxes for nesting in, chocolate for hunting, etc.

[http://users.livejournal.com/la_marquise_de_/]

That is so much activity you are making me exhausted just reading it... The high printer does sound alarming, though -- the cats may not be able to topple it, but is it stable?
It is my view that it is impossible to sleep carefully accompanied by cats. One sleeps as they permit and that is all. (on the other hand, older futon mattresses are notorious for exacerbating neck and shoulder pain -- do you have one of those egg-box things? I found it made a huge difference for me.)

[desperance.livejournal.com]

I don't: please to say what the egg-box things are called, that I may google...?

[http://users.livejournal.com/la_marquise_de_/]

I think they're a mattress topper, but there are a lot of different types of those. The ones I'm thinking of are these:

http://www.conformuk.com/egg_box_mattress_topper.html