Naughty Wade! Glad Dig TV is working out well - I'd love to get clear SBS, but obviously not that badly, cos I'd need to watch TV to justify the purchase of a set top box!
Well, today has been disastrous. Oscar woke up screaming after 1am and I couldn't get him to settle for ages, so I was headachy, croaky and tired when DP woke up and Oscar woke, too. Anyway, I made my way to my 'desk', had breakfast, then started to open up my files. I decided that I couldn't stand the grime on my keyboard anymore. DP has a habit of using it when he's eating, and so do I since Oscar was born (but I at least wipe my hands!) and there was grime all over it, as well as fluff and hair. So, I got a toothbrush, a shot glass of water and detergent and a towel to dab the brush on after a dip in the solution. Well, DP left Oscar on the floor and then Oscar came over, tugged on the paper the glass was resting on and spilled it. I think enough got into my keyboard so that it's now not working. I'm using DP's board from his computer and I hate it. It's at the wrong level, the keys are harder to press down and they are further apart than I am used to (it's a PC keyboard that we use on our Mac Mini, but I hardly use it any more). So, my wrists are sore, my back is in such a poor posture, I'm sitting on a cushion to try to lift myself above table height and I'm completely out of whack. I need my study back again. I need a clear area. I need a decent chair. I do not want to study in the middle of the house any more because it guarantees distraction...that's why offices and studies were invented! Anyway, it won't fix my keyboard, so I'll need to buy one of them (I have a USB one coming from eBay for use with my laptop in the study for ergonomic reasons, but now I need one for my laptop for when I take it away from home). Adding to my general sense of woe is the horror of next door. It's just descending on me more and more and I really need to talk to someone about it, I decided. I have a meeting tonight with exactly the right people to talk to, as it happens. The other impediment to study is that where my laptop is now has a direct view to my neighbours and I keep looking out for people arriving. I know I'm obsessing.
Better go tend to Oscar and sort myself out. Oscar is good therapy!