New office aspects and a cockteasing IKEA

RK -

Well! Things are moving forward possibly perhaps maybe I can't even with this ignorance!

You see, I contacted my guy about a new office space. (Yes, I have a guy for this sort of thing. And she's actually a woman. What do you call a "guy" that's not a guy?) The rent was quite reasonable, so I'm going to see some options tomorrow. Here are a few musts for me to sign a lease:

  1. Good air conditioning, preferably on the weekends as well.
  2. Minimal noise. I am, after all, planning on recording some podcast episodes.
  3. Parking space.
  4. If I can fit my couch in there, that's a bonus.

So fingers crossed that all goes well!

In other news... IKEA emailed me that they've got a shipment of the lamp I want. I watched the stock go down steadily all day until it was down to two. In the evening, my partner drove to our local store while I rage-F5'd the web page with the inventory count. Despite the count still being two when he got there (and now, over an hour later, it's still two), there weren't any left.

Why, oh why, must I want the lamp everyone else also wants? And why must IKEA cocktease me like this?

I shall now soothe my disappointment with chicken wings and seltzer.