All hail the packrat!!
Jul. 25th, 2012 04:54 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
susandennis
This afternoon has been Hunt for the Solution. My work laptop is way bigger than this one and the rolling table also had mouse real estate. It's about twice as big as I need now. I tried a bunch of different configurations... my aching back.
My orange chair has options. There is a small table that can be on the left or the right and the chair part can slide one way or the other. So I tried it this way and that. I moved a small ottoman over for the laptop. Nothing really worked. I googled other options. Everything I found was too big, too ugly or too expensive and many were all three.
And then I remembered. In addition to being able to shift left and right with the lower table, it also came with a 'cocktail' table. When I first got it 5 years ago, the little table was damaged and had to be replaced. By the time the replacement came, I had decided I didn't really need it. So I put it up on top of a cabinet still in the box out on the terrace.
And that's where I found it today. I screwed it to the base and plopped it in the hole and, a you can see, it is PERFECT!!! It's exactly the right size and height. Out of the way and perfect.
But 5 years of dust came down with the box and I had a nice little asthma attack. A little inhaler, a lot of water, some resting and now all is fine.
I got an email this afternoon from my friend who is also my project manager on the fun project saying that she had some work coming in this week.... ooops. She's off now to talk to the boss. No idea what will happen there. I kind of wish he had talked to her like he said he would. Oh well.
I love my little cocktail table.
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Date: 2012-07-26 04:42 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2012-07-26 04:51 pm (UTC)I just rest it there and can glance at it for updates. My Google + page scrolls as new stuff comes in so I can keep an eye on it.
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Date: 2012-07-26 04:57 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2012-07-26 05:16 pm (UTC)I have a nice looking laptop table on wheels but this solution is much easier and tidier for what I need.
When I need to do real work and/or heavy computing, I have a two-monitor set up on my desk that has lots of nice room to work.
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