An Echo In The Office

I work from home - so my office is sacrosanct. It's my environment separate from the home - has to be, otherwise I'm "not at work" psychologically.

When I'm in my office I'm not to be disturbed with household problems. I don't get up to suddenly take out the garbage or look at something on TV or any other home disturbance. If I get up and leave the room I'm fair game though, so over the years I've made a conscious attempt to have any/everything I need in my office other than coffee and a toilet; some things just have to be an excuse to get up and move.

But lately I'm finding it more and more stressful and annoying to be in my office. You see we've put the house up for sale and will be moving some time soon, after being here for the past 17 years. 

My bookshelves full of magazines and science fiction are gone - and there is now an echo in the office from the bare walls.

My feeder for the various stellar jays and chickadees who have over the years come to my window is now gone. We've been weening the birds and other critters around here off of our feeding them, so many of them too are not here as much.

Many of the technical bits and pieces are now packed in transparent boxes and stacked against the wall - so I can see where something is but it no longer clutters shelves (which are not there now)

The file cabinet is about to go - and I'll finally again be able to get to the boxes in the back of the cupboard that have been there since we moved in. I think they contain some vinyl record albums but really can't recall now. Who knows what other treasures we'll find in some of the boxes there?

The hats are gone off the wall - where will the chickadee sit?

In some ways I'm looking forward to the move

In others, I'm not. I'll miss my office, only 3 feet from the bedroom. Chances are my new home office will be farther away - upstairs, downstairs, or maybe in a real office somewhere. Today I'm off to talk to a new prospective client, and they may want me full time soon. 

I'm really going to miss the birds - never could get them to not come while I was working (like I finally managed to train the other inhabitants of the house) but their visits were always welcome.

richard

Tag: office birds moving