Setting up My New Office

09/30/2011 12:41 Today was the first day of the rest of my life. I was finally able to negotiate with my employer for a better deal. Not only did I get a significant raise in salary, but now most of my work week will be able to be done from my home office. Over the weekend I set it all up and had an absolute blast. The first thing I did was buy a new office chair mat. The one I had previously had been getting on in years and was starting to show its age. And actually, it was incredibly uncomfortable to sit on. My wife has been pestering me to get a new one for years, but for some reason this particular chair mat had a tremendous amount of sentimental value, which made it impossible for me to part with. So instead of just getting rid of it I packed it away in the garage, so that one day later down the line I could take it out and think about all the memories that it had given to me. So anyway, one of the first things I did when I headed out to Staples was to buy a new chairmat. This is not as hard as it may seem, because these things are now way more comfortable and much less expensive.