New office chair!

Exciting things have happened in KZ. I got a new office chair! This might sound like a trivial thing, but believe me, it is not!!

The chair story started during the summer. The chairs we have are really bad. And it must be said, that it is a pretty strange thing to be so wrapped up in, but let me tell you, that if you sit 12 hours a day, 7 days a week, totaling 84 hours a week, on a bad chair, I promise you, you will be very interested in chairs! The standard chair we have is so uncomfortable, does not give any support, anywhere, and is hopeless to adjust, and the armrest are to tall, so you can not roll under the desk. They even brake on occasions, and then you have to "sit" almost horizontally under your desk! Nice for sleeping, but not too nice for working… We asked HSE for new chairs, but the answer was vague... very difficult...

To try and amend the situation, we brought back-support cushions from Oslo down with us. That helped a little. Kristin even made the handyman take off the armrests, so she could actually roll the chair under the desk. But on our 4 weeks off the chairs got swapped around and even Kristin's back pillow got "borrowed" away. So we were back to scratch!

But now, all off a sudden, we have a few new chairs! It was only for pregnant girls, and people with back problems! And I got one! Thank you Amalia, I love my new chair! It is so great! You can adjust it, it rolls under the desk, and it even supports your lower back! Fabulous!

Note the pink piece of paper on the right armrest, that is my name tag! Yepp, have to make sure no one takes my new chair!

And if you look closely at "the feet" of the chair you see why the cleaningladies clean our floors several times a day. The fine Atyrau dust is everywhere!