Piece by Piece
11:59 AM - August 6th, 2005
I never thought I’d be so happy just to have a desk. I guess two weeks in an empty apartment can do that to you. When it arrived, all I wanted to do was tear open the package and put it together. But no, I had to drive back to the company and get back to work. After work though, I pushed everything aside (dinner and washing dishes) and built my desk, busting the handle of a cheap screwdriver in the process. (Luckily, my apartment is near an Orchard Supply Hardware).
My desk is nice, but it feels good just to have a desk. Tuesday night, after putting it together, cleaning up, and eating dinner, I just sat at my new desk for awhile. I cracked open a book—of all things!—and listened to some music. It was late, but I didn’t really care. I finally had a place to relax, read, create. (It’s funny how the one thing I can do at my apartment that I can’t do at home is read…).
A desk is probably the one thing I wish I had all along. With it, everything else is starting to fall into place. I started designing again. (I created a new logo for Duality and scrapped my old plans in the process). I’m going to have internet installed. I’m going to sign up for gym membership. Piece by piece, I’m bringing everything I left behind back into my life.