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Aug. 12th, 2023 01:47 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
superbadgirlI'm happy the office is getting a bit of a facelift, though I disagree with the colors chosen. We got to vote. Bear in mind, the scheme is shades of tan right now, so all the fixed furniture like cabinets and counters are all tan. The new carpet and paint? Black and grey. I'm already twitching. I don't know why people didn't think of that when they voted. I sure did! They are also not doing a couple of the back rooms - the storage room and data room. So they'll be mismatched. I ... I can't handle it. Kind of like how I long for my backyard to be filled with native plants and become a pollinator habitat on the one hand and on the other, every yard I've seen with that is so MESSY and I CAN'T STAND THE MESSY.
Back to the office, the job is being done this coming week, and management insists that we'll all be able to continue working while they are moving cubes to paint and lay carpet. Uhhhh. Nope. I decline to be subjected to the nastiness I know is in the old carpet being tossed into the air. I get headaches easily, and I also value my lungs. I've also no desire to work in the small conference room with four other people, with no privacy and no buffers for sound. One of those people is extremely loud. I begged my boss to let me work from home - which I have never done, not once. I was supposed to when the first wave of the pandemic was happening, but one of my colleagues' spouses insisted she work from home, so I got to stay in the office to keep it manned instead. I didn't mind, I get so distracted by home stuff I don't trust myself to be productive. Anyway, boss agreed. Thank goodness. Even if it means working from only a laptop. At work I have to giant monitors and an ergo keyboard. I can do laptop work for a week, but I'll miss the screens.
My poor colleagues, though. Some of the expectations are ridiculous. When the lobby is closed, they are expected to volunteer to camp outside in case clients come, so they can take messages until someone can do work. It's supposed to be hot this week.
I find the whole thing ridiculous. The project would probably be done faster if we vacated and let the workmen do their thing without having to dance around us. Not to mention, we deal with private data and sometimes personal health info. Sure, let's all keep working while strangers are right there. Not kidding, one of the vendors was all, "Is this kosher? Don't you guys deal with government stuff?" The VENDOR knows, but our management - nah, it's no worries! Oy vey.
Anyway. Hi. Can you believe August is half over? I've just been out trying to eradicate yellow woodsorrel which has overtaken my front landscaping and is making its way elsewhere. Insidious nasty stuff. Every time you try to pluck it, it pops and disperses more seeds. I have no idea if Preen will work on it, but here's hoping. It took me two hours to yank it all out, after trying to kill it with vinegar.
I put in a paver patio out back, don't remember if I mentioned. I have some regrets. I did it like four days after getting hit by a car, so I didn't go with my gut and dig another inch, and wasn't as careful as I should have been with leveling. I attribute that to just wanting to get it done. So, I am thinking I will need to tear out and re-do. Was going to this weekend, but it's getting toasty. I'd rather not get heat stroke. Maybe I'll see how it winters and then do it in the spring when the ground is softer to dig...until then I've ordered a rug to cover up my sins. Ordered a couple of Adirondack chairs. I have other stuff I want to do - get some plants, etc. And see about getting a catio built. I am soooooo very close to my target "when you get to this amound in savings, you can get new windows". If only inflation hasn't probably doubled my estimated cost for that project. Ugh. The patio, catio and windows are all linked in my mind. Patio to put the catio on, windows for better egress. Current windows are awning style and I hate them. Can't get good airflow. Screens are crusty and old, and hard to find replacements, etc. Never mind that to get out of them in case of emergency/other exits blocked, I would have to break them and climb higher than I think I can.
The other day W and I were casually strolling along when this cat just charged at us. Like, seriously, he wanted to rip Walter's throat out. Adorable little assassin! Good thing there was a fence. He looks a lot like my childhood cat, Poopsie.
Okay, byeeeee! Hope everyone is well.
Back to the office, the job is being done this coming week, and management insists that we'll all be able to continue working while they are moving cubes to paint and lay carpet. Uhhhh. Nope. I decline to be subjected to the nastiness I know is in the old carpet being tossed into the air. I get headaches easily, and I also value my lungs. I've also no desire to work in the small conference room with four other people, with no privacy and no buffers for sound. One of those people is extremely loud. I begged my boss to let me work from home - which I have never done, not once. I was supposed to when the first wave of the pandemic was happening, but one of my colleagues' spouses insisted she work from home, so I got to stay in the office to keep it manned instead. I didn't mind, I get so distracted by home stuff I don't trust myself to be productive. Anyway, boss agreed. Thank goodness. Even if it means working from only a laptop. At work I have to giant monitors and an ergo keyboard. I can do laptop work for a week, but I'll miss the screens.
My poor colleagues, though. Some of the expectations are ridiculous. When the lobby is closed, they are expected to volunteer to camp outside in case clients come, so they can take messages until someone can do work. It's supposed to be hot this week.
I find the whole thing ridiculous. The project would probably be done faster if we vacated and let the workmen do their thing without having to dance around us. Not to mention, we deal with private data and sometimes personal health info. Sure, let's all keep working while strangers are right there. Not kidding, one of the vendors was all, "Is this kosher? Don't you guys deal with government stuff?" The VENDOR knows, but our management - nah, it's no worries! Oy vey.
Anyway. Hi. Can you believe August is half over? I've just been out trying to eradicate yellow woodsorrel which has overtaken my front landscaping and is making its way elsewhere. Insidious nasty stuff. Every time you try to pluck it, it pops and disperses more seeds. I have no idea if Preen will work on it, but here's hoping. It took me two hours to yank it all out, after trying to kill it with vinegar.
I put in a paver patio out back, don't remember if I mentioned. I have some regrets. I did it like four days after getting hit by a car, so I didn't go with my gut and dig another inch, and wasn't as careful as I should have been with leveling. I attribute that to just wanting to get it done. So, I am thinking I will need to tear out and re-do. Was going to this weekend, but it's getting toasty. I'd rather not get heat stroke. Maybe I'll see how it winters and then do it in the spring when the ground is softer to dig...until then I've ordered a rug to cover up my sins. Ordered a couple of Adirondack chairs. I have other stuff I want to do - get some plants, etc. And see about getting a catio built. I am soooooo very close to my target "when you get to this amound in savings, you can get new windows". If only inflation hasn't probably doubled my estimated cost for that project. Ugh. The patio, catio and windows are all linked in my mind. Patio to put the catio on, windows for better egress. Current windows are awning style and I hate them. Can't get good airflow. Screens are crusty and old, and hard to find replacements, etc. Never mind that to get out of them in case of emergency/other exits blocked, I would have to break them and climb higher than I think I can.
The other day W and I were casually strolling along when this cat just charged at us. Like, seriously, he wanted to rip Walter's throat out. Adorable little assassin! Good thing there was a fence. He looks a lot like my childhood cat, Poopsie.
Okay, byeeeee! Hope everyone is well.
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Date: 2023-08-13 02:44 pm (UTC)Oof, the privacy issues and the health issues, with a bit of driving you up the wall with construction noise and debris. Would be so much faster to temporarily relocate, but admin probably doesn't want to pay for that convenience. Much better to make things difficult for your own staff and the construction crew as well.