In a week I'm back at work, teaching face-to-face in a college classroom. The next week, one kid starts online learning and the other two start a blend of online and face-to-face. Like everyone else, we hodgepodged our way through the Spring with sudden online learning. Then we hoped for the best with the Fall. Now we scramble to try to assemble actual learn from home spaces for our kids.
First, IKEA is basically empty. There's almost nothing left in the kitchen accessories area, and there's really nothing left in the office space area. We overheard an employee telling someone to basically RUN to the lower level to collect the desk chair they wanted because it would be gone if they didn't. We inquired about desk protector pads, and she told me to grab all I could because they were going to sell out and she didn't know if any would ever come back in.
One thing we needed was a lamp to help light a workspace. We settled on this one (basically because it was the cheapest) and then found only one left sitting as a straggler upon a different pile.
Coincidentally, in true IKEA form, it is the NOT lamp. This basically sums up the whole life experience lately, doesn't it? It was NOT a normal trip to IKEA, we are NOT prepared for e-learning, life is NOT meeting expectations and I did NOT plan on buying desks and chairs and lamps right now.
Welcome to the family new lamp. We are so excited to have you. NOT.
