[Mari]

Originally Posted by waves

how is the closet/stuff reduction coming along?

Eeek. Yeah. Would it be possible to focus more on the outside parts than the inside for now?

Waves,

Mostly yes. But I feel like I want to do a little bit of both. I dunno why.
There is stuff in milk crates outside near the door.
The opening to to the closet is narrow and has a folding door so even if I took off the door, the entrance in and out of the closet would be complicated for moving stuff.

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In related stuff-moving:

My office mate was fired apparently. I do not know the details.

This I do know.

Yesterday/ Tuesday I spent THREE HOURS loading her crap (books, garbage, junk, . . ) into garbage bags so that the cleaning crew would haul them down the stairs.
The garbage "bags" were thin. I could only put small amounts of stuff in them.
Still, when I was done, I had put together 24 bags.
Then I smudged the room.
I was really unhappy that she had taken with her a small cute print to canvas painting of mine that was important to me because
six years ago I spent a lot of time getting the right piece for the right spot and until yesterday I thought the spot was perfect.

I have to go back to do some more wiping down of surfaces (dirt and dust in drawers), sweep, and figure out what to do with what used to be a low white bookcase that she used for her teapot.
. . . I do not know if it is best to cover the top of the book case or to talk myself into covering the tea stains with white paint.


M

[waves]

Originally Posted by Mari

Mostly yes. But I feel like I want to do a little bit of both. I dunno why.
There is stuff in milk crates outside near the door.
The opening to to the closet is narrow and has a folding door so even if I took off the door, the entrance in and out of the closet would be complicated for moving stuff.

Go with the feeling. That's motivational stuff... good stuff. You will be making progress. Often it is hard to find a starting spot, but it sounds like your gut is suggesting things to you... like maybe those crates. Or suggesting not to limit yourself... like maybe move the crates so you can access the door better?

I was really unhappy that she had taken with her a small cute print to canvas painting that was important to be because
six years ago I spent a lot of time getting the right piece for the right spot and until yesterday I thought the spot was perfect.

Oh! And she took something you bought??? Not nice. Unless you'd given it to her, I s'pose. Maybe you can find a duplicate of it, or something very similar, now that you know what works for the spot?

Still, when I was done, I had put together 24 bags.
...
I have to go back to do some more wiping down of surfaces (dirt and dust in drawers), sweep, ...

Aww, man!

and figure out what to do with what used to be a low white bookcase that she used for her teapot.
. . . I do not know if it is best to cover the top of the book case or to talk myself into covering the tea stains with white paint.

I might just line it with white paper towels to buy myself time to decide without suffering the eyesore.

Have you considered contact paper? I used to cover boxes and such with a marble-patterned one... I've seen it with pinkish-beigish and grayish variations. The dominating color is white/light. I find it less tacky looking that the ones with stripes or rows of things, and you don't have to be too fastidious cutting/lining up.

Will you miss your office-mate?

waves

[Dmom3005]

Just so anyone cleaning out things knows.

If you happen to have notebooks, post its, folders, and other office
equipment. That you don't have a use for.

Many of the animal shelters, would really appreciate the things.
Along with donations of food and treats. For cats and dogs.
Our local one that Derrick works at is always asking for any that
folks don't want.

Donna

[Mari]

Waves,

Originally Posted by waves

Oh! And she took something you bought??? Not nice. Unless you'd given it to her, I s'pose. Maybe you can find a duplicate of it, or something very similar, now that you know what works for the spot?

Yes, she took something I bought and she knew it was mine.
There is a very slight chance that her teen aged daughter was with her when she packed up and the teenager packed it knowingly or unknowingly.

I spent considerable amount of time and thought (esp thought) to that piece.
I bought it when my last office mate O.D. 'ed on his bipolar meds and caused himself brain damage.
At that time, I consulted with my sister re Fung Shui, . . . .
. . .
The walls have lots of thick paint but the plaster behind crumbles.
A few walls have something behind them that is impossible --- maybe metal beams.
Those walls require drilling.
So I am designing around a limited number of functioning nails/screws.

(Last office mate used a power drill to get some nails/screws in the parts that would hold nails.
After he O.D.'ed, work friend who died drilled two or three nails for me just before he got sick.)
-- One place was perfect for something that was smaller than 14 inches across so a 12 by 12 print I bought online and had transferred to canvas was nice.
I got something very PINK that I could see as soon as I opened the door and pink for me at that time represented love. . . . .

Originally Posted by waves

Will you miss your office-mate?

waves

Maybe. And maybe we will see each other again.
We had not seen each other much in the last 5.5 months because of our schedules.

There is random contact paper already on things that do not need to be because the last office mate had some kind of fetish about covering most things that could be covered --- window on the glass door to the outside, tops of filing cabinets, . . .

I probably sound witchy.
Mari

[bizi]

I don't think you sound witchy.
bizi

[waves]

Originally Posted by bizi

I don't think you sound witchy.
bizi

No, she didn't.

But, Mari,

When in a witchy-feeling moment.... because it might take that....ehmmm

.......... Could you maybe call the office-mate and ask her for the painting which she "must have accidentally packed with her things"?

I do feel a great iffiness about making a call to the effect of, sorry you got fired now give me back my stuff, but... it might be easier to do that, than to fix the spot again. And, it might in fact have been accidental, somehow, in some way we can't think of.

waves who feels witchy

[Mari]

Originally Posted by waves

sorry you got fired now give me back my stuff, but...

Thanks for the laugh.

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This is all strange. Last weekend I invited her over after she texted me that she was "let go."
She wanted me to know so I would not be shocked when I saw that the "office was empty."

She was busy. I texted another time at a restaurant. She said that the next week was better. I do not expect to hear from her, but I wanted to be civil to her in case she really did want to talk.

M

[Dmom3005]

Mari

I would definitely reach out about the painting9pickture)

especially if a teen or young adult, forgot which you said. Was
at the office helping. Its very hard when your already down,
to have a fight with teens.

So it might be she would appreciate the opportunity to return
the painting. Without feeling she has to bring it up.

I can state for a fact, there were times when my oldest Danny. Was
with me I just let whatever happen. And dealt with the people later.
But it wasn't till he was 16, and some people reached out. And let
me know they realized he had lots of problems. And they made
sure I knew no one thought it was my parenting.

It meant the world to me. At a very dark moment, that someone reached
out to see if I was okay.

I am hoping the two of you work it out.

Donna

[Mari]

Yes, Donna,

But it is not just about the artwork.
She left a mess.
I had many bags of garbage piled high on her desk and on the floor when I was done.
. . . so much weirdness goes on around me.
Am I the only completely sane one around?????






The Doors | People Are Strange
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sq9oR9x171w


M

[Brokenfriend]

Mari I still hear that song. LOL LOL "No one remembers your name,when your strange La La La La." That song goes way back,but I think that it's more popular these days on the Sirius Satellite Radio,"Songs from the 60's". I also like"Songs of the 70's" on Sirius. I get Sirius Radio from Dish Satellite. It sounds good going through my stereo system.

That is somewhat true. I remember some people who were super strange(Crazy),but I don't remember their names. I remember them in pictures in my thoughts. Some of them where dangerous. BF