Dear Tuesday

You were kind of a crazy day.

I still have this ridiculous cold, so I am really tired and I keep having to blow my nose, which while essential, is also gross. Especially when you are at work. Particularly when you are the front desk person and people come in and out of your closfice all day long.

I have been trying to push myself this week, so even though I have been sick, I am trying to get some work done, at home and in the office. For whatever reason, I decided that today was the day to pull up the plastic floor matt in my office.

So, a note about the closfice. The floor is sort of a linoleum tile contraption. My office chair is on wheels. There isnt' much traction, and while I am working on my core muscles, I am not always able to keep myself at my desk with the rolling chair and the slick floor. So I ordered a clear plastic floor matt.

Unfortunately, the matt was too big to ever really fit under my desk. And I don't sweep and mop my office floor as often as one should. Or in a normal work environment, would ever do. So dirt collects under and on top of the ill-fitting matt. At some point, I was able to wedge a portion of the matt under my office desk, in a sort of lift-push-plead manuever that made the matt fit the space better but created a sort of curb with the matt and my floor. If I rolled to the file cabinet from my desk in my chair and didn't hit the matt at the right momentum, I would get stuck and have to push and roll to get back to my computer keyboard.

The cleaning staff, who are responsible for sweeping and mopping, got as irritated with the matt as I was, and duct taped the matt to the floor. Interestingly, this did not secure the matt in place and there was a large bump over which myself and my chair rolled weekly.

Today something clicked. So, despite my way sexy hacking and the heaviness in my chest, I took two puffs of my inhaler, three Advil, and a few stretches and pulled up the disgusting matt. I was somehow able to lift my desk with both hands, and using my foot push the matt out from the desk. Then I rolled the big matt up into a ball while trying to avoid actually touching it, put it in the trash can and set it outside to be disposed of.

This failure/victory set the tone for you, Tuesday. Get the task done without actually touching anything. Medicate first.

me