weekend update
May. 16th, 2020 05:54 pm1. I presented a conference paper Friday over Microsoft Teams, and it went really well. I wore this necklace I bought from OiShiny and felt very fancy. (I also bought this necklace and put it on a silver chain, and it is even more gorgeous than the picture; they both are. Can't wait to wear the second necklace, too!) I presented on Ouida's representation of the aristocracy in Syrlin, and I think it was well received.
Not gonna lie, y'all. The longer this work from home thing goes on, the more I like it. The more often I use all the virtual meeting tools, the more comfortable I feel with them. It seems pretty likely to me that we'll still be mostly working from home during the fall semester which means remote committee meetings, and while I was initially really anxious about that, I'm coming around. I will be occupying the second-most (perhaps co-equal-most; I think ranking them is a bit subjective) faculty governance position at our institution in the fall, and I've been anxious about chairing that committee virtually. But all the meetings I've been having seem to work well; the tools seem to be intuitive for the most part. Also, it occurs to me that a Teams meeting is in many ways superior to a meeting in which half the participants are calling in on a conference call. We'll see.
2. Nature observed: teeny tiny frogs everywhere; the lantana is blooming all orange and yellow and magenta; a bunny at the edge of the road just chilling (I have so missed the bunnies; we used to see tons of bunnies in our yard at the old house); the hawk sitting on the power line (it let us get really close to it before flying away, and it was huge and majestic).
3. As some of you (looking at you![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
havocthecat) have already been posting, as work from home drags on, not having a suitable working place has finally become a problem for us. This past week, Josh and I both finally came down with "working on the bed" neck and "working on the couch" back, respectively. So we bought a second desk and chair today at a local furniture store for next to nothing and have installed it in the study. The printer we had to buy to work from home is off the floor! And best of all, I actually really like the desk instead of just taking it because it was the only option (it was literally the only option). We bought a second rug on Wayfair to put under it so we don't scratch up the floor with the chair, but I am feeling so much better. Not only do we now both have a space in which to work (simultaneously even!), but I have been able to get all our work junk that had piled up on the coffee table and kitchen table and our bedrooms into a proper place, and I also found a pretty storage cube I had in the closet to corral some stuff, and it's all just yay! and clean! and organized!
Not gonna lie, y'all. The longer this work from home thing goes on, the more I like it. The more often I use all the virtual meeting tools, the more comfortable I feel with them. It seems pretty likely to me that we'll still be mostly working from home during the fall semester which means remote committee meetings, and while I was initially really anxious about that, I'm coming around. I will be occupying the second-most (perhaps co-equal-most; I think ranking them is a bit subjective) faculty governance position at our institution in the fall, and I've been anxious about chairing that committee virtually. But all the meetings I've been having seem to work well; the tools seem to be intuitive for the most part. Also, it occurs to me that a Teams meeting is in many ways superior to a meeting in which half the participants are calling in on a conference call. We'll see.
2. Nature observed: teeny tiny frogs everywhere; the lantana is blooming all orange and yellow and magenta; a bunny at the edge of the road just chilling (I have so missed the bunnies; we used to see tons of bunnies in our yard at the old house); the hawk sitting on the power line (it let us get really close to it before flying away, and it was huge and majestic).
3. As some of you (looking at you
havocthecat) have already been posting, as work from home drags on, not having a suitable working place has finally become a problem for us. This past week, Josh and I both finally came down with "working on the bed" neck and "working on the couch" back, respectively. So we bought a second desk and chair today at a local furniture store for next to nothing and have installed it in the study. The printer we had to buy to work from home is off the floor! And best of all, I actually really like the desk instead of just taking it because it was the only option (it was literally the only option). We bought a second rug on Wayfair to put under it so we don't scratch up the floor with the chair, but I am feeling so much better. Not only do we now both have a space in which to work (simultaneously even!), but I have been able to get all our work junk that had piled up on the coffee table and kitchen table and our bedrooms into a proper place, and I also found a pretty storage cube I had in the closet to corral some stuff, and it's all just yay! and clean! and organized!
