Today was my first day working out of our makeshift home office and? It was grand.  I say that it is still makeshift because we are still in a little bit of limbo on our office equipment.  We’re waiting for some financing to come through so we can buy a new mega-awesome-fancy-schmancy-computer-of-the-gods that we can both use and some updated software and then we can really get this place organized.  In the meantime I’ve moved my laptop in here and it sits on the desk in front of Will’s current computer monitor (his computer has made a most fantastic radio today).  One of the reasons I was so excited to work from home two years ago was that I could leave the television on all day for background noise if I wanted.  It took two years before I finally caved in and admitted something major: I cannot ignore the television.  It’s like asking Will to walk through Best Buy and not stop and watch people playing the tester video games they have on display.  It’s freakin’ impossible.

The office? Will not have a television.  This is partly because there isn’t anywhere to put it (we do have a television we are not using in the closet but, conveniently, do not have a Fios cable outlet in this room) and partly because I am terrified that if we plugged one more thing into the outlets in this room we’ll blow out the whole apartment and set the building on fire.

I’d like to say that I was able to sit down in our makeshift office this morning and get right to work but that isn’t quite the case.  Because we are in flux mode, I spent most of the morning working with Fios and tinkering with the new all in one printer to get it set up as a home fax machine.  It took a couple of hours to get it all straightened out but finally, right after lunch, it started working perfectly.  And doing it this way should save me about $4 a month.  That might not sound like much to you guys, but it adds up! I’m a little bit excited that I am being so fiscally responsible.  And because we have a real fax machine now.  I’ve been using an internet based faxing service for the whole time I have been freelancing and you know what?  Having to scan everyting in that you need to fax is a huge pain in the butt.  A time sucking huge pain in the butt.

There are other changes afoot here in the Farley household (seriously I am still getting used to my new name).  We’re still figuring out budgets and banking.  We’re trying to make changes to our diet and exercise routine (also known as starting healthy eating habits and an exercise routine).   Will is back in school for the year and I’m putting my nose back to the grindstone and trying to carve out a sensible work schedule.

Who knew that getting married made growing up seem like such a good idea?