Adding/Including Memories
I lost my dad last year (2023) and have been finding ways to include keepsakes/memories in my workstation. I've dabbled here and there with doing small woodworking projects and attempted a wrist rest from a piece of oak I picked up with him from my great uncles wood shop. I milled it to fit a 60% keyboard as I hadn't decided what keyboard I would be using it on and thought that's where most of my wrist would be in contact even typing on a full keyboard. I gave it a torched/burn appearance as I really was lost in what to do. I found an old shell casing from going hunting with my dad in my hunting pack and decided to imbed it into the end of the wrist rest so it would just have a little difference and a small story behind it as well. I have other things around my workstation from family and friends, but it just feels a little more special having worked on it and adding something small that has a memory for me to it. (Purple was my grandmothers favorite color and I have kinda now...
Apr 8, 2024
Unfortunately I've been a bit busy and haven't had a chance to construct it, but it certainly seems to have all the pieces.
And in fairly dissapointing news, I seem to have gotten a red (should have been grey) footrest, which looks spectacularly out of alignment with the chair I ordered, as well as anything else in my home. I'm trying to decide how much it's worth to me to deal with having this shipped back, because it is rather eye-catchingly the wrong color.