I think this counts as productivity
Mar. 23rd, 2021 06:12 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
mousmeI got Peggy out for another run, and then took her to PetSmart for daycare for the day, so I could continue decluttering the upstairs without having to shut her in her crate. She hates being in the crate when I'm home, and I am none too thrilled about it either, but the whole point of decluttering the upstairs is to make it Peggy-proof so that she CAN have the run of the house. We are not there yet, alas.
The house is in much worse shape than I deluded myself into thinking it is. That is what happens when you basically ignore your housekeeping for years on end apart from doing the bare minimum. I did it to myself, so I can't complain. That being said, I am making good progress. I actually took apart the little fan on my night table and washed all the individual parts, because it had gotten so dusty that I couldn't just wipe it down. It was pretty gross. Now it is really white and clean and I can already feel the difference in the air quality, which is pretty exciting.
I've moved the dresser in my room, and the next step is to move my bed and my night table. I'm hoping that some judicious rearranging of the furniture will clear some space for me to set up a home office in here, so that I can clear the small room that is currently serving as my office in anticipation of when KK moves in. That little room is going to be turned into a combination library and cat refuge. I have my bookcases in there, and they're going to stay there (although I am planning to get rid of many of the books), but the desk and filing cabinet will come out and be replaced by cat trees and cat beds and the like. We're going to put up a baby gate to keep Peggy out, and that way my cats and KK's cat will have one safe place where they can always go that the dog can't.
I'm hoping there will be enough room in my bedroom for the mini office I have in mind. I think there will, but it may be something of a tight squeeze. I will know more later, I think, when I've had time to shift things around and consider them. There's a difference between knowing the measurements of furniture and actually having it in place--at least, that's been my experience. I'm sure some people are better able to intuit that sort of thing, but I'm the kind of person who has to live it to truly understand it.
Tonight is D&D night, and I still have to go get Peggy from daycare, so it's entirely possible I will have to wait until tomorrow to move the rest of the furniture. I was hoping to get it all done today, but I have consistently overestimated how much I can manage every single day this week, so I don't know why today should prove to be an exception to that rule. ;)
I also need to do some actual work tomorrow morning, by way of employee evaluations. I didn't get all of them done before I left, so I have to do it this week, and tomorrow is the most logical time to do it. Given that it's a D&D night, I am a little worried I won't be able to pry myself out of bed at a decent hour in the morning, and that it will throw off my day. I DID win the "I told you so" game today, however, because I woke up early AND took out the recycling and the compost, so I am feeling pretty chuffed about that. Maybe I can do it twice in a row! Stranger things have happened, after all.
On that note, it is time to go pick up the puppy. Catch you on the flip side, friends!
The house is in much worse shape than I deluded myself into thinking it is. That is what happens when you basically ignore your housekeeping for years on end apart from doing the bare minimum. I did it to myself, so I can't complain. That being said, I am making good progress. I actually took apart the little fan on my night table and washed all the individual parts, because it had gotten so dusty that I couldn't just wipe it down. It was pretty gross. Now it is really white and clean and I can already feel the difference in the air quality, which is pretty exciting.
I've moved the dresser in my room, and the next step is to move my bed and my night table. I'm hoping that some judicious rearranging of the furniture will clear some space for me to set up a home office in here, so that I can clear the small room that is currently serving as my office in anticipation of when KK moves in. That little room is going to be turned into a combination library and cat refuge. I have my bookcases in there, and they're going to stay there (although I am planning to get rid of many of the books), but the desk and filing cabinet will come out and be replaced by cat trees and cat beds and the like. We're going to put up a baby gate to keep Peggy out, and that way my cats and KK's cat will have one safe place where they can always go that the dog can't.
I'm hoping there will be enough room in my bedroom for the mini office I have in mind. I think there will, but it may be something of a tight squeeze. I will know more later, I think, when I've had time to shift things around and consider them. There's a difference between knowing the measurements of furniture and actually having it in place--at least, that's been my experience. I'm sure some people are better able to intuit that sort of thing, but I'm the kind of person who has to live it to truly understand it.
Tonight is D&D night, and I still have to go get Peggy from daycare, so it's entirely possible I will have to wait until tomorrow to move the rest of the furniture. I was hoping to get it all done today, but I have consistently overestimated how much I can manage every single day this week, so I don't know why today should prove to be an exception to that rule. ;)
I also need to do some actual work tomorrow morning, by way of employee evaluations. I didn't get all of them done before I left, so I have to do it this week, and tomorrow is the most logical time to do it. Given that it's a D&D night, I am a little worried I won't be able to pry myself out of bed at a decent hour in the morning, and that it will throw off my day. I DID win the "I told you so" game today, however, because I woke up early AND took out the recycling and the compost, so I am feeling pretty chuffed about that. Maybe I can do it twice in a row! Stranger things have happened, after all.
On that note, it is time to go pick up the puppy. Catch you on the flip side, friends!
