One stack of papers off my desk....
Jan. 29th, 2025 04:55 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
jennlkand two more appear; with even more lurking. Four boxes of papers to the shred bin, but I think that's mostly done, unless I find some extra copies of payroll lurking about (I found a couple yesterday when I was filing). BC went through the long-term storage, and pulled everything more than 8 years old, so now there's space in those drawers. BC is trying a new, eventually more efficient, method of preparing for the annual audit, but it's taking a bit of catch-up, and that's why my desk is buried under "originals to be filed", "copies to be filed", and "files to be copied then filed".
Construction on the new office space continues. The walls are done, the phone/network drops are done, carpet is down, floor registers are installed. Still need a thermostat and blinds and proper lights. And while the HVAC peeps have been working hard, they've still got a way to go. The rest of the runs and returns in the old space need to be installed, and they discovered a few more 'shortcuts' that need to be remediated. HVAC says that he should be able to move the furnace next week, so that's a big step toward completion. We've started discussing long-term storage plans for election infrastructure (voting booths, signage, privacy sleeves, mailing envelopes, etc) -- I think a couple of sturdy shop-grade shelving units will be fine. The stuff's not heavy, just bulky, and doesn't need "secure" storage. I think we should get a tiger cage for the ballots and election records (and bolt it to the exterior basement wall), but BC is dithering on that.
Neither band had rehearsal last week, so this week's rehearsals were fairly intense. I could wish that Livingston actually paid attention to dynamics without being reminded by the director. I'm getting a bit tired of Holst's First Suite, as both bands are playing it. The only saving grace is that Farmington is not really rehearsing it, more just doing play-throughs to get it "under our fingers" and get us familiar with the tempos he wants. Livingston wishes he could do that....
I did get the holiday lights out of the trees before it got cold, and discovered why one strand wasn't working -- the solar panel had fallen off the stake and was face down in the pine straw....
Ji is very annoyed with my inability to fix the weather. The wind we've been having makes it much less pleasant than it looks, and this annoys him. "what's this stuff! I didn't ask for cold breezes -- I want the sunny day I can see through the door!"
Construction on the new office space continues. The walls are done, the phone/network drops are done, carpet is down, floor registers are installed. Still need a thermostat and blinds and proper lights. And while the HVAC peeps have been working hard, they've still got a way to go. The rest of the runs and returns in the old space need to be installed, and they discovered a few more 'shortcuts' that need to be remediated. HVAC says that he should be able to move the furnace next week, so that's a big step toward completion. We've started discussing long-term storage plans for election infrastructure (voting booths, signage, privacy sleeves, mailing envelopes, etc) -- I think a couple of sturdy shop-grade shelving units will be fine. The stuff's not heavy, just bulky, and doesn't need "secure" storage. I think we should get a tiger cage for the ballots and election records (and bolt it to the exterior basement wall), but BC is dithering on that.
Neither band had rehearsal last week, so this week's rehearsals were fairly intense. I could wish that Livingston actually paid attention to dynamics without being reminded by the director. I'm getting a bit tired of Holst's First Suite, as both bands are playing it. The only saving grace is that Farmington is not really rehearsing it, more just doing play-throughs to get it "under our fingers" and get us familiar with the tempos he wants. Livingston wishes he could do that....
I did get the holiday lights out of the trees before it got cold, and discovered why one strand wasn't working -- the solar panel had fallen off the stake and was face down in the pine straw....
Ji is very annoyed with my inability to fix the weather. The wind we've been having makes it much less pleasant than it looks, and this annoys him. "what's this stuff! I didn't ask for cold breezes -- I want the sunny day I can see through the door!"
