A surprisingly good day

[white_hart]

I managed to get to the office today, after three days working from home, and was so delighted to see my team again I'd almost start to wonder if I was secretly an extrovert if I wasn't so very obviously an introvert. I do like my team a great deal, though, and I also suspect that at the moment working from home just has too many associations with the pandemic for me to enjoy it.

Thursdays are also doughnut day in the cafe in our building. Sadly, by the time I got up there the passionfruit curd doughnuts had sold out (another black mark to chalk up against the "managers' briefing" which actually turned out to be "getting managers to workshop ideas for improving induction", which was not what it was billed as at all, though I probably wouldn't have gone up before 10 anyway), but my vanilla doughnut was very good.

I have also worked out that the way to stop my blue Pietra trousers from looking frumpy is simply to fold the hems up. Somehow, bright blue tapered trousers unrolled feel like scrubs whatever I wear them with, but bright blue tapered trousers rolled look fun and relaxed and cute in a workwear-inspired way. Especially with chunky boots.

So, quite a good day, really. Though I'm conscious that I deliberately put off attempting to formulate a response to the academic who appears to think it's reasonable to ask for "at least 10 hours a week" of support from a half-time employee...

Comments

[oracne]

Hmmm, I could get doughnuts on my way home.

[white_hart]

I think you should.

[nineveh_uk]

Passionfruit curd doughnuts??? I need that in my life.

[white_hart]

Obviously, I couldn't actually have one, but they sound amazing. I hope they have that again next week. (The doughnuts are from https://www.pippindoughnuts.co.uk/ and available from branches of the Missing Bean (and apparently the Jericho Cafe) on Thursdays.)

[nineveh_uk]

Right, that's me going into the office again next Thursday morning!

I did manage to coincide with the movable feast that is now Friday coffee, and had some very nice coffee cake, albeit A (who I had gone in to look at some files with) and I both chatted but ate our cake back away from the busy common room.

[gwendraith]

Mmmm, doughnuts! Passionfruit curd sounds amazing. I'm fond of Boston Cream or Créme Brúlée doughnuts. The most fun one I've had was a Pikachu one. Yummy.

Glad you had a good day.