On holiday (82/365)

[white_hart]

As of 7:15 tonight, I am off work until the 6th, and not before bloody time. I was so exhausted today it really was a struggle to slog through all the emails that really needed replies, not helped by the morning of back-to-back meetings*, and the one bigger thing I really wanted to get done before I finished ended up being done in 45 minutes of speed typing and sent out in very scrappy format.

Anyway, my office is now disassembled, my sewing machine is back on the desk instead, and I have nearly two weeks** of not having to worry about work.

*at one point I was sitting listening to a colleague who I do esteem greatly, but who does have a tendency to go on, going on and wondering whether any of what they were saying actually made any sense, so I was quite glad when someone else called me and gave me an excuse to duck out of that meeting.

**someone in a meeting today said "X is taking two weeks' leave, I wouldn't want two weeks just sitting at home", to which I pointed out that I had a long list of things to sew and planned to occupy the rest of the time with walks and jumping into cold bodies of water, which is really not a bad way to spend time at all. Ideally my holidays would have more hills and/or the sea, and some meals out, but I can live with the "being at home" bit of lockdown, it's just the "not seeing my family and friends" and "work being much busier than normal when normal is already too much" bits that are the problem...

Comments

[caulkhead]

Hooray! I hope you have a really good break and wish you much joyful sewing and jumping into cold water. And it's great that you've been able to literally clear your desk and put something else on it.

[nineveh_uk]

Looking forward to seeing all the fun you have with your sewing machine!

[jinty]

Hooray! rest and enjoy!

[cmcmck]

Enjoy if you can!

[girlyswot]

Excellent! Have fun, sleep lots, don't think about work at all.

[white_hart]

Thank you! Yes, I don't know how I'd have managed to stay sane over the last year if I didn't have the ability to literally pack work away.

[white_hart]

I am planning to attempt a boiler suit!

[white_hart]

I will do!

[white_hart]

Thank you!

[white_hart]

That is very much the plan!

[serriadh]

In more normal times, I never could understand people who said "oh I just don't know what I'd do with myself for a week at home!". I can see people are bored and fed up with being stuck at home now, but I still can think of about 30 things that need doing that I am too knackered to do after a day at work and can't do at weekends because they need a decent period of toddler-free time.

[white_hart]

I mean, even without hobbies there are always books and box sets...