The Latest From the Home Office in...the Kitchen
So as part of our never-ending apartment reorganization, I have moved my desk into the kitchen.
We have a galley-style kitchen--basically, a long hallway with the sink, refridgerator, and counter-space on your left as you walk to the bathroom. But because we live in a "dumbell" tenement--the buildings are shaped kind of like an I-Beam, so that there's an air shaft between them--there's a little nook in the back of the kitchen. That's where I moved to. This required cramming the cats' automatic litter box into the bathroom--it's roughly the size and shape of a Normandy landing craft--but I managed to accomplish that after liberating an extension cord from the phone and caller ID box.
So far I like it. I have a window on the air shaft, which gives a little light if not much of a view, and there's a radiator next to me, so I should keep warm. There's a picture of the Empire State Building over my desk. I have plenty of light, and a lot fewer distractions, which is nice, and now Darling Wife can study and I can work without bugging each other.
After all, I'm going to be at this desk for a long time, I think, so I had best get comfortable.
We have a galley-style kitchen--basically, a long hallway with the sink, refridgerator, and counter-space on your left as you walk to the bathroom. But because we live in a "dumbell" tenement--the buildings are shaped kind of like an I-Beam, so that there's an air shaft between them--there's a little nook in the back of the kitchen. That's where I moved to. This required cramming the cats' automatic litter box into the bathroom--it's roughly the size and shape of a Normandy landing craft--but I managed to accomplish that after liberating an extension cord from the phone and caller ID box.
So far I like it. I have a window on the air shaft, which gives a little light if not much of a view, and there's a radiator next to me, so I should keep warm. There's a picture of the Empire State Building over my desk. I have plenty of light, and a lot fewer distractions, which is nice, and now Darling Wife can study and I can work without bugging each other.
After all, I'm going to be at this desk for a long time, I think, so I had best get comfortable.
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