It was relatively quiet weekend at the Consortium, as we rested up from a very hectic week and tried to find some peace and quiet before our own personal March Madness commences. Most of it was relaxing, playing some LotRO, and sleeping in.
But we also went on a flurry of errands on Sunday that included a stint at American Furniture Warehouse. While we didn’t find what I was really looking for (a small sofa table for the breakfast room that I can use as a workspace rather than the breakfast table), we did pick up a new coffee table for the family room.
This week looks to be moderately hectic. Then a week from today I fly off to the Netherlands for a week of meetings, and fly out to Pasadena a week later for some other big action goodies. And elsewhere in the month we have a karate tournament (while I’m away), green belt testing (after I’m back), and … just … a lot of stuff. I added to that a bit by throwing some events onto the gaming schedule, but hopefully those will be more recreational than burdensome.
(a small sofa table for the breakfast room that I can use as a workspace rather than the breakfast table)
That’s so weird. I would have *sworn* that I read something on here a few months ago about your building a lovely, usable office, complete with a full-sized desk.
*innocent look*
What?
I do in fact make use of the office sometimes — if I’m working at home, sometimes, or to get someplace quiet.
But I like working (or browsing or gameplaying or whatever) in the same room as Margie. That makes me want to work downstairs. Currently I use the breakfast table, but that tends to attract clutter on the table at an alarming rate, making it unusable as a place to eat.
So if I could find an alternative spot to set my computer in the family room — e.g., a small table behind the sofa — that might work better. 🙂
… or you could move both your machines into the office?
I mean, it’s not as though Margie couldn’t also use more desk space.
I realize this would then require separating TV and computer time. Feel free to list that in the “pro” column. 🙂
Well we could sacrifice some book space and put a TV up there too. Maybe when kitten is a bit older.
Sure, yeah, we could have both computers upstairs (or, rather, Margie’s, and just set mine up there). But, as Margie notes, that would miss out on having the computer available. It would also mean we couldn’t be on the computer as easily when cooking, when Kitten is on the TV, on her computer, etc.
Just kinda not what we’re going to be doing any time soon.