Today is the last day of the 21st workweek that we have been working from home. Pandemic update: everyone is well, has jobs, and the garden is thriving. Our biggest crisis as of late was our HVAC (well, the A/C) dying. Thankfully, we had just enough money to pay for a new one in full. I am so grateful for that!
Now we get ready for Renee to go back to school. Once she is set up back up there (not in a dorm, in an apartment), then I think there will be an overhaul of things. This extended time that she has been home will more than likely be the longest she will ever stay with us ever again. (She came home from spring break in early March and never left.)
Ted totally has a work at home station in the basement. There are a few more things he needs to make it be more optimal. I, however, don't have anything. I've been working in a barrel chair from Grandma Mary and one of her old TV trays. If I am to stay put (and I wish to), I need to figure out a workspace with 2 monitors, a docking station, a real keyboard and an office chair. That's a fall goal for sure.
I also need to redo Renee's room. She knows I am doing this. This is redoing the room for her to use and maybe an occasional guest. She is not a neat freak so I think she will be happy that I try and make sense of it all.
The spare bedroom is painted a lovely spring green and is simply called the Green Room. I got about 2/3 of the way through getting it set up when this all hit. Then it became a dumping ground. I need to get this back in order as well. The goal would be to have this be a handwork / knitting / other crafts room and add a TV to it with an Amazon fire stick.
I really want to go through all of my clothes, be ruthless in regards to them, pack up a ton of them and just admit that I will be in comfy clothes for the duration. Ted wants to paint the interior of the house, and I think our room will be purple. This means new quilts! HAHAHAHA!
This is more than enough home improvement to last me for a while. Basically it's the empty nest makeover to make the house work to our liking.
Anyway just a quick update that we are, in fact, OK.
