OK, Did What I Agreed to Do

4:55 Took about 12 pictures of my work area, filed them in a new folder under MyPictures, and picked up all the stuff on the floor near my desk. Took the library books downstairs and left the plastic bin down there for collecting the stuff that needs to go back to the library. Stacked 12 of the software boxes neatly on the file cabinets, returned the password folder to its place, put back the phone books and filled my wastebasket with a bunch of paper rubbish. I also sang for an hour (Disk 8, Miss Saigon and Les Miserables). I cleaned up after singing. Somehow, the singing energized me. I am going next door to the party at 6. Will only stay for a few minutes because Dick made reservations at Paesano for 6:30 tonight. I just plan to pop in, drop off a bottle of Chianti, congratulate the guy and then leave. He graduated from the UH today. I think PG said he was a business major.

I wonder if I should change my clothes. With the recent weight gain, I do not have a lot of options about choice of clothes. Guess I will change because they saw me earlier in this run around outfit.

Another Project To Do

Cleaning up a little today reminds me that I want to start keeping my research files on the computer. That is why I bought the scanner and software. Slowly, I want to take the research files out of the filing cabinets, scan into computer and discard the hard copy. The info drawer should only hold equipment manuals, warranty booklets and mail-order company information. Eventually, when I feel comfortable goign more paperless, I shall convert everything but manuals. I need to have the scanner much closer to me. Even with the old scanner, I had to stand up, walk around the laptop table, place the item, then come back to the computer, scan, and then remember to remove the originals. This was really not very workable.

Need to Re-evaluate my Office Space

I am not adequately using the space under my main table. What could go under there? Also, what could I take off the tabletop? There is so much stuff that I do not use, but I don't want to get rid of it yet. I know with the new system things will change and don't want to take any precipitous actions. I think I made a mistake when I layed out the office (4 or 5 years ago). I should have put the wider desktop as my main desk and this more narrow desktop as my backup. To change this now would be a major project because of all the cubbies and dividers I have balanced on the tabletops. However, nothing is impossible.