Exceedingly painfully horrifically slow at work these days. No looming clearance issues. No million re-writes of script pages. No tasks from boss man to rush over. I've got absolutely NADA to do. Which should be great - I should have that script basically done by now - right? Right? Right? ...........................well........haha.........ummm..........no. My mental funk and block is entrenched deeper than I was aware - now to just get that chisel out and hammer away.

The only good thing that's come out of this long stretch of downtime is I have my own semi-office instead of just a desk in an aisle.

I was running out of space to put my plethora of paperwork and innocently asked if the office had some spare storage stuff I could snag.

Apparently the powers that be had already discussed moving me prior to my request. I suddenly found myself packing up and moving to a more private and bigger corner of our office.

So now I have a semi-office. Big white painted brick wall in front of me. Four tall walls around me with some sorta privacy plastic over them and a small doorway but no door.

I actually liked where I was but I did need more room and a bit more privacy. Its hard to work on scripts when everyone and their mother is breathing down your neck to read what's on your screen.

During this long stretch of downtime from any actual work, while at work, I've been desperately trolling the internet for some relatively cheap furniture to fill my empty apartment. I did this in an attempt to avoid Ikea. I've also visited Kmart and Target more often in the last month than I do during an entire year.

Alas I was not successful. I had to go back to Ikea whether I liked it or not as I had to exchange more wrong pieces I'd been given for my closet system.

I figured I might as well make the best of it and check out their As-Is section since its right next to the Returns area. Plus on Wednesdays they give an extra 10% off purchases from As-Is.

Thankfully this turned out to be a wise idea as I netted a leather two seater couch and a lovely entertainment center for a significant discount off their original prices.

The real test however will be when the delivery truck drops off said purchases on Tuesday. Let's hope they arrive in one piece and no less scathed then they were at time of purchase.