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Avoided doing work by posting on here :))


Sadly I didnt manage to avoid working ALL day... spent the first hour at work working solidly on event messages. Felt like I was typing out lines "Kel must b a good girl. Kel must b a good girl. Kel MUST b a good girl" ;-)

Not enough perhaps - although given the baby's 'sleep = fail' attitude I think I can count waking up and getting to work on time as an achievement. What else though? Hmm... I have successfully refrained from buying unnecessary crap at lunchtime; attended a union meeting on pay negotiations, made my feelings known and cast my votes on various motions; identified a fifth introductory essay to commission for the next edition of the book wot i editt; issued guidance to freelancers; procrastinated and posted rubbish on the internet.

Got up EARLY,

Got the train to the New Forest,

Gossiped with colleague all the way

Meeting in New Milton

Froze my parts off on New Milton station

Train back - long journey

Used time to compose a highly amusing and lengthy email

Sent email

Battery on laptop died

Got home

Read replying email reminding me that some people have work to do

Did work I should have done on the train

  • 1 month later...

Had to resurrect this thread to say I painted my front door today!


I've been meaning to do it for ages and now I'm really pleased with myself, but MrJ is out so I had no-one to share my satisfaction with.


Mind you, it's come out a funny colour, nothing like the picture on the tin. Oh well.

I didn't change the course of history, I didn't make a fortune on the stock exchnge, but I did add to the the numbers of sad gits commuting in and out of London Bridge to go to an office and do 7.25 hours of mind numbingly boring work. What a mark I've made on the world!!!!:(
London Bridge is by far the worst of all of the bridges to cross as part of the commute - sooo many people it really does make one feel like an automaton. I'm lucky in that I'm now by Blackfriars bridge which is much more sedate by comparison. The hours of tedium however remain the same.....
Darn I wish I had me glasses on 2day I really didn't read that as "paint job"... altho saying that I may also be still thinking of the office convo just taken place about solid plastic rubber johnnys and the lack of stimulation for both parties... my achievement? Corruption of innocent young girls! :))

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