Weekend Cleaning and Exercise
May. 30th, 2020 03:21 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
jon_chaissonWe started off today with a two-plus mile walk around the neighborhood...since we're so used to walking the same streets lately, we've been trying to shake it up a bit by trying a few side avenues that we haven't walked down before. It's a good way to remind myself that the Richmond District is south of Geary Boulevard as well!
I have, however, come to the conclusion that I cannot wear masks with the elastics that go around the ears, as they will just make my ears bend and the mask will fall off. This means I've been wearing what I call the 'apron string' masks instead, which are much more comfortable. Though both kinds are a bit hard to breathe in for extended periods, especially when walking for exercise. (If I'm wearing them in the store while shopping, that's not an issue.)
Just now I did a major cleaning of the underside of my desk, which had become full of dust bunnies and nests of wires and plugs. I've been thinking about moving my desktop to the top of the desk (hey what a concept) for a while now, so I just unplugged it all, did a deep dusting and vacuuming, and rewired it all again. This will give me easier access to the disk drives (the tower one and the BluRay external when I plug it in) so I won't have to contort myself anymore. I'm also hoping this will cut down on a lot of the dust that might get into the PC as I admit I didn't always get around to cleaning down there.
As for space, I'm down about a square foot and a half on the desk now, but it's off to the side, where my work laptop used to sit. I tend to keep my desk relatively clear anyway. I can't stand having a cluttered desk...not because I'd never find anything, but because I have a bad habit of "out of sight, out of mind" and important things would be missed or forgotten.
Come to think of it, I still have more desk space than I used to in the Belfry or even at Arkham West.
Anyhoo...going to keep this setup for a bit and see how it works. Maybe I can use some of the underside of the desk (which is now completely empty) to temporarily stash a few of the things I'd meant to drop off at Goodwill before this whole pandemic screwed everything up! We shall see...
I have, however, come to the conclusion that I cannot wear masks with the elastics that go around the ears, as they will just make my ears bend and the mask will fall off. This means I've been wearing what I call the 'apron string' masks instead, which are much more comfortable. Though both kinds are a bit hard to breathe in for extended periods, especially when walking for exercise. (If I'm wearing them in the store while shopping, that's not an issue.)
Just now I did a major cleaning of the underside of my desk, which had become full of dust bunnies and nests of wires and plugs. I've been thinking about moving my desktop to the top of the desk (hey what a concept) for a while now, so I just unplugged it all, did a deep dusting and vacuuming, and rewired it all again. This will give me easier access to the disk drives (the tower one and the BluRay external when I plug it in) so I won't have to contort myself anymore. I'm also hoping this will cut down on a lot of the dust that might get into the PC as I admit I didn't always get around to cleaning down there.
As for space, I'm down about a square foot and a half on the desk now, but it's off to the side, where my work laptop used to sit. I tend to keep my desk relatively clear anyway. I can't stand having a cluttered desk...not because I'd never find anything, but because I have a bad habit of "out of sight, out of mind" and important things would be missed or forgotten.
Come to think of it, I still have more desk space than I used to in the Belfry or even at Arkham West.
Anyhoo...going to keep this setup for a bit and see how it works. Maybe I can use some of the underside of the desk (which is now completely empty) to temporarily stash a few of the things I'd meant to drop off at Goodwill before this whole pandemic screwed everything up! We shall see...
