Temporary Home-Office Move
May. 14th, 2025 03:02 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
canyonwalkerYesterday the hammering and grinding started. Whump-whump-whump against the wall from next door. Then GrrrrRRRRrrrrrRRRRrrrRRRR. The both, with the grinding wailing away while the whump-ing kept the beat. Our neighbors are having their windows replaced, and workers were grinding through the stucco.
At first I just toughed through noise while working from home as it was mostly coming from the other side of the house. But then it moved to the side where my home-office is, echoing through a wall less than 10' from my desk. I grabbed my computer and moved to another room.
This morning the grinding and thumping started back up around 8:30am so I decided to move workstation temporarily. I moved to the corner of the living room, downstairs and to the other side of the house.
I've set up down here a few times in the past. It's kind of my "Summer Home... office" 😂, a place I retreat to occasionally when a summer heat wave makes the 3rd floor too hot during the day.. Last time I did it was a bit more fancy, with my spouse clearing off her crafting desk so I could set up my desk there. This time, because I only expect to be here for a day or two, I left her desk alone and simply set up my stuff atop a card table I hauled out of the garage.
One nice thing about this temporary setup is having the sliding glass door that opens onto our back patio there. I left the curtains closed this morning as the sun was shining in too strongly, but it's nice to open them for natural light after 11-noon or so when the sun rotates around the side of the house.
Speaking off 11-noon or so, when I went out for lunch today I spotted the workers climbing down off their ladders between tasks.
I chatted with them about the job being done. I mentioned the noise was disruptive but emphasized I wasn't asking them to stop; just to let me know what their schedule was. "Oh, we're done with the hammering," they assured me. "We just finished!'
So my temporary relocation may be very temporary. I could have moved back within an hour! 🤣 But I think I'll keep my temporary desk set up a bit longer, to enjoy the change of scenery. Already a few of my colleagues have remarked on seeing the different scene behind me on videoconferences. In addition to having the different scene myself, it's nice to be noticed.
At first I just toughed through noise while working from home as it was mostly coming from the other side of the house. But then it moved to the side where my home-office is, echoing through a wall less than 10' from my desk. I grabbed my computer and moved to another room.
This morning the grinding and thumping started back up around 8:30am so I decided to move workstation temporarily. I moved to the corner of the living room, downstairs and to the other side of the house.
I've set up down here a few times in the past. It's kind of my "Summer Home... office" 😂, a place I retreat to occasionally when a summer heat wave makes the 3rd floor too hot during the day.. Last time I did it was a bit more fancy, with my spouse clearing off her crafting desk so I could set up my desk there. This time, because I only expect to be here for a day or two, I left her desk alone and simply set up my stuff atop a card table I hauled out of the garage.
One nice thing about this temporary setup is having the sliding glass door that opens onto our back patio there. I left the curtains closed this morning as the sun was shining in too strongly, but it's nice to open them for natural light after 11-noon or so when the sun rotates around the side of the house.
Speaking off 11-noon or so, when I went out for lunch today I spotted the workers climbing down off their ladders between tasks.
I chatted with them about the job being done. I mentioned the noise was disruptive but emphasized I wasn't asking them to stop; just to let me know what their schedule was. "Oh, we're done with the hammering," they assured me. "We just finished!'
So my temporary relocation may be very temporary. I could have moved back within an hour! 🤣 But I think I'll keep my temporary desk set up a bit longer, to enjoy the change of scenery. Already a few of my colleagues have remarked on seeing the different scene behind me on videoconferences. In addition to having the different scene myself, it's nice to be noticed.
