August 16, 2000
Inventory
(Finally I get to do the Waning Poetic collab for August: "Open your purse, your wallet, or your desk drawer. What's in it? Why is it there?")
Well. This is a good time for me to do this, because since we just moved at work, my desk drawers are still remarkably neat and organized. I have five. So let's do this in an orderly fashion, shall we?
Bottom left: I'm responsible for keeping up with the daily schedules for the support department. In this drawer you'll find schedules for the past four months, filed according to department and month. Need to know how many hours JEO (as everybody goes by initials here -- I'm LAN) worked on July 10th? I've got you covered. Also are some cleaning supplies and a huge box of business cards I doubt I'll ever use.
Top left: Um. Hrm. Nothing. I should fix that. I need more stuff.
Bottom right: My super secret writer's drawer! It contains high quality paper for printing manuscripts, envelopes, both to ship in and for SASEs, and my copy of the 1999 Writer's Market. There are printouts of various poems and stories that I've collected in the time I've been here. Also hidden away down there are some very very scary coffee mugs, but we won't talk about those.
Middle right: Also known as the pantry. The haven of both breakfast and lunch, the two meals I almost never eat at home. Tucked away currently are about a week's worth of instant oatmeal (raisin, date and walnut, yummy) and ramen noodles. (So sue me. Dinner is my 'interesting' meal of the day.) Oh, and about three different kinds of tea. And in case you ever want to rob me at work, this is where I usually keep my wallet and car keys during the day, since I don't carry a purse.
Top right: Miscellaneous office supplies. Let's see. There's push pins, Sort-Kwik (the finger sticky stuff), a calculator that doesn't work, some batteries for my phone headset, a few pens, a headset extension cord (in case I want to go for a walk while I'm on a call), some staples, and some extra napkins (see middle right drawer).
Anything I need closer to hand is in one of the stacking trays on the shelf right above my desk. I'm so organized at work. It scares me. I can't seem to make it cross over to home though.
Posted by Lisa at August 16, 2000 03:24 PM
