Finally, I have added a printer, scanner, and copier to my home office. A few years ago, I bought a brother’s printer brand, and I was never able to get my laptop to recognize it. I wasn’t very keen to get burnt again, so I did my research this time. I wanted something simple to set up and small enough to fit in a small space. This one is perfect. It’s wireless, so I don’t have to waste port space for it, and it is connected to my wifi in two simple steps. I also opted to take the deal on ink so that I get free ink for 6 months, and then each month after that, it will cost only $2.99
The ink colors pop out with the test page, it isn’t smudged, and the machine didn’t try to eat the paper. Initially, I wasn’t sure that it would hold the paper I’ve already got, but you can load it with a decent amount. I don’t think this thing would be able to print a massive amount at one time, but for a home office, this is perfect.
About a month ago, I bought a desk for my apartment because I was tired of using a cardboard box (literally) as a computer stand.” I wanted to get a desk that was small enough to not take up a ton of room, but I also needed something that could hold more than just a laptop.
This desk can hold a 17″ screen laptop with room to spare.
This desk fits in my bedroom without making the space feel cramped, and I even have enough room that I was able to purchase a computer chair to go with it. I also wanted something that would give me the option to stand up if I wanted to. One of the local ads around here talks about how “sitting is the new standing,” so I thought it best that I make an effort at being a little bit healthier. I stand just under 5’7, and this desk is perfect for me. It has wheels that you can lock in place, and it is super easy to adjust the desk’s height. I also love how easy it was to put the thing together. I’m not much for construction, no matter how small the task, but I was able to put this together in under an hour, and I didn’t need any help other than the instructions that came in the box. This desk has a handy shelf underneath the main table, and it’s wide enough to hold books, headphones, etc.
The shelf is more than capable of holding multiple items.
I’m so glad that I went with this desk over the other advertised ones. It doesn’t tip towards me, but I’m not looking to use this for drawing or for using a tablet. If I owned a clinic for nearly any specialty, I would use multiple desks just like this one.
Three of the last four items I purchased on Amazon have gone missing somewhere throughout the shipping process. After the first package went missing, I attempted to order items together to ensure the box was more prominent and, therefore, harder to lose. However, Amazon still broke my order up into different segments. Now both of those items are missing.
I love shopping online, and in particular, I’m usually pleased with my purchases on Amazon. Nothin irks me more than when things go missing, though.
I realize that this is a reoccurring blog post, but as long as I live in the midwest, that’s just a part of life. We are once again experiencing record low temperatures. Kids have to stay home, businesses are attempting to remain open while customers and patients refuse to go outside, and there is no good reason for going out in this weather.
Every year I say the same thing, “It isn’t so bad as long as it isn’t snowing.” Then, once it begins to snow, I can’t help but turn into a negative Nellie. I hate winter, I wish I could somehow convince my entire family to move somewhere where the weather doesn’t turn so harsh in the winter months, but I know that will never happen.
My grandparents used to vacation in Florida every winter, but they haven’t gone in years, and I wish we could make that a tradition in our family. I just want to be able to go outside without a million layers on; I don’t want to have to worry about frostbite; I want my son to get fresh air without his cheeks turning pink from the cold. I just want the weather to be excellent for everyone.
I am taking the plunge and leaving my current job for a new one that I can do from my home office. It isn’t freelance work, but this is the kind of change I need to have happened in my life.
I read an article the other day that talked about switching lanes in your 30s, and I realized that I have hit many of the points brought up. Rather than continuing to loathe the hours I’m away from home, I’m going to start working on my next career move.
The owners are set to meet up today, and hopefully, they will change their tune and come to the table with a new offer once this group of meetings is completed. We have progressed to a spot where the owners want to turn to federal mediation, yet the players are not interested in that route. The players have come down from their initial numbers a couple different times, and now it is time for the owners to come up with their offer. This has been dragged on long enough, and it is beginning to look like the 2022 season will not be starting on time.
I watched an interesting video the other day from the guys over at Talkin’ Baseball and they explained in detail why the players rejected the call for federal mediation. I’ll never be able to do their segment justice, so head on over here and watch the video.
It’s been nearly a week since the meeting between the owners and the player’s union of the MLB. There seems to be no second meeting on the calendar, and the world of baseball remains silent. The fans are beginning to get restless. Again. While we all knew the talks that began last week weren’t going to come to an immediate conclusion, I think everyone expected there to be something happening. Trades aren’t being made, players aren’t able to work out and use the sports complex athletic trainers and other staff. This entire shutdown to the world of baseball is so detrimental to the sport itself. It felt like baseball was just gaining momentum again, and here we are, putting the emergency brake on.
Generally, at this time of year, talk is ramping up with the arrival of pitchers and catchers for spring training. Fans would be getting ready to make the trek to the various sites to get the first glimpses of their team in action. Sure the preseason games don’t matter, but it’s still fun to watch baseball. It is so gross to go look for the start date for baseball and see nothing but TBAs marked by all the teams.
The fans want baseball to come back. It’s already a long enough time from the last pitch of the world series to the first one the following season. Can we please just come to an agreement already? I don’t understand why the owners want a shortened season just so they can cram the postseason full of teams, and I don’t know why the two sides want to argue over numbers. Let’s be honest, if you have enough money to buy a baseball team, you have enough money to pay the taxes too.
I realize that 50 likes are nothing to be excited about (for some people), but I need to take advantage of every small success I get. I’ve had this blog for a while now, and until recently, it hadn’t received much attention. To be fair, I wasn’t really dedicated to writing a blog post a day, so it’s no one’s fault but my own that my blog wasn’t growing.
I’m trying out several different writing website systems, and eventually, I will review them, but for right now, I will continue to make this blog a priority. Thank you for reading the different entries and for the likes you’ve given me.
I only work four days a week (ten-hour days), and I still feel like I have so little time to myself. I have an hour’s drive there and back, and by the time I’ve arrived at my house, I don’t feel like doing anything. I struggle to make dinner for my son and me, and then I attempt to use the rest of my evening hanging out with my kid. Once it is bedtime for him, that’s my cue to also fall asleep. It is next to impossible for me to do anything that I consider a “hobby.”
I feel like all of my coworkers are suffering from burnout. We do our work in a small clinic, and there are only so many patients that we can see in a day. We’ve never had the number of staff we need to accurately assess 50 patients a day, but we do our best. We have a new clinic being constructed, which can’t come fast enough.
With the surge in cases, we see a higher volume of calls from people who are afraid that they have covid. Although many of them have been vaccinated, the second someone sniffles in their household, they are convinced that it is the virus. I wish the media would report each night that if you think you have Covid, you need to take a deep breath and treat it as you would influenza. I’m not saying the two viruses are the same. I am merely being honest in admitting that there isn’t much we can do to treat Covid.
I am ready for the world to go back to normal. I don’t think that’s ever going to happen, but I’m hoping to at least find a new, less stressful career because Covid has made the world of healthcare unbearable.
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