Cheery's path to fulfilment - finishing the DIY, looking after myself, appreciating the garden 🌻

Cheery_Daff

beanielou said:

Cheery_Daff said:

Oh, and I also didn't mention that current building closes this month, new one doesn't open til September 😂😂

So what do you do between now and September 🤔

Work at home! Or in the library, or a random desk elsewhere (they're allowing us to use someone else's hotdesking room I believe, which just feels weird 😂).

Thank you for all your suggestions. I may very well end up with a wheelie suitcase, although right now I favour an old fashioned 4 wheeled shopping trolley 😂😂 and neither are practical on a bike 😂😂 I'll likely end up parking further out and cycling or walking in (and I don't think many wheelie suitcases will stand an hour a day of walking city streets - I'm not sure my nerves will stand it either). 

I'll likely settle on a rucksack, as I have now 😂 But with a smaller charger, smaller notebook, more organised packing etc, and maybe a little pencil case and a little toiletries bag. I've got the summer to consider it anyway!

beanielou

Ah ok. Got you as of course no students. Sorry for being so dim. 

greent

What about a backpack/ wheeled suitcase combined? We have one and it's quite good. Mine was a cast off from a relative and therefore free,  but if you g00g1e them you can see what I mean and they start from maybe £30?

CCW007

All the hotdesks in our office (public sector organisation) have docking stations with integrated chargers, saves having to take the charger in every day.  Hopefully they will consider something like this for your new offices.

Cheery_Daff

beanielou said:

Ah ok. Got you as of course no students. Sorry for being so dim. 

Not dim at all beanie! Nothing to do with students really - they never come near our offices anyway, we teach in different buildings. It wasn't designed like this - we were meant to be moving last summer, then this spring, and now it's still not ready so 3 weeks before term starts is the latest they can leave it without a riot really 😂

greent said:

What about a backpack/ wheeled suitcase combined? We have one and it's quite good. Mine was a cast off from a relative and therefore free,  but if you g00g1e them you can see what I mean and they start from maybe £30?

Good suggestion! Will investigate.

CCW007 said:

All the hotdesks in our office (public sector organisation) have docking stations with integrated chargers, saves having to take the charger in every day.  Hopefully they will consider something like this for your new offices.

Hoping there will be something like that, yes. We did buy one of those fast chargetlr things that looks like a phone charger but will charge a laptop too. I take it if I go away for work - it takes up FAR less room than a normal charger. Will find out what the new set up is like soon and plan accordingly.

EssexHebridean

Otherwise - panniers for the bike? 

Cheery_Daff

EssexHebridean said:

Otherwise - panniers for the bike? 

Yep, I've got a very decent set of panniers that will hold far more than a rucksack 😂 I've also got a bag for the front of the little fold bike, so that's an option too. 

Main task in the next couple of weeks is clearing out the office, and trying desperately not to bring everything home 😬 Have been scanning books on the book selling apps - I'm up to about £10 now 😂 Most of my books are from charity shops, and I suspect most of them will end up back there.

Nice evening here (although as I've said that the sun's just gone in) - we're just going to light a fire and cook some tea outside 😊

rtandon27

oooo - outside cooking sounds a treat, what a nice way to end the day.

I don't envy you the office cleaning task!

Cheery_Daff

It was nice 😊 We had w@1tros3 veggie burgers rather than Mr A (because we'd been in town, and just popped into the little shop rather than big supermarket) - they were nice and also 25p cheaper! 

Pretty chilly out there though, had to sit wrapped in a blanket 😂

Cheery_Daff

Nowt much financial to report. Apparently we are eligible for the NW £100 (and it's a joint account so I think we usually get it twice) but it's not arrived yet. 

I finished weeding the final main veg bed last night, ready for the plug plants if they ever arrive. Delivery was originally due yesterday, but as of yesterday they were just awaiting processing. Maybe they just grow them from seed as people order 😂 All set with enough clear space to plant out once they get here though 😊