Getting There...

I have relocated, started to adapt, and am now waiting with great anticipation (and a little apprehension) for the approval of my finance manager to acquire eight 4 1/2" x 3/8" hex-head bolts, an equal number of T nuts, a half-dozen full-length 2x4s, and 3 six-foot 2x6s.  All of that will be combined with most of a full sheet of 3/16" MDF Fiberboard (that which we formerly called "Masonite" - which probably needs one of those TM marks following it, sorry if I abused your trademark, whomever) and my $1 door to become my desk-side table.  

There will be re-arranging, as I want that table on my right side to give me more note-taking room.  I'll also have to improvise some armrest enhancements for my good chair, and do a little more re-arranging, because I'll finally have the kinda-sorta-almost what I wanted work-from-home setup.

And don't get me started on Martha Stewart's blathering this week.  I noted where she said people should get their butts back to the office.  Ironic, it is, coming from the woman who worked on her own home to convince everyone she was some sort of genius - now it seems likely that at least one of her alleged socialite types may be following her path to jail.  God knows it's overdue for the Orange Jesus, but I doubt it will ever happen - he'll pull an Epstein, eventually, rather than  face jail.  That much, I'm certain of.

So yeah, I hope to be able to show off some pictures once I get the table done.  Mind you, it's not going to be the $200 table I wanted to build, but it will work for me.  And I'll get something out of all of this overtime.  This pay period is going to be pretty darned close to 120 hours.  But keep in mind I'm still digging out from a trip to Florida for a family wedding - and paying for my parts in it.  

So I got that going for me.  Now, to dig my way out.  Hopefully I'll be above water before the snow flies again...  Fingers crossed. 

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