I worked today where the day felt like it had been stretched out into a week. I was too hot, very woolly of head, very snotty and coughy and husky and even simple requests like ‘can I borrow a book please?’ threw me. I probably wasn’t really up to being there but as all the other staff looked equally pale and wan and had tales of Christmas spent coughing and sneezing I was in good company and couldn’t really trump any of them as a better case for going home early!
I was complimented on my most recent display by the Big Boss who was in covering today and rather gratifyingly there were two big gaps where books had been borrowed from it. The reason for the display was that none of the books in that section had been borrowed for months so to have two taken out since Saturday lunchtime when the library shut at on Saturday at 5pm and didn’t open again til yesterday morning was pretty good :). I’ve got more ideas for other displays I want to do which I’ll chat about with my direct boss next week, so that’s all good. 🙂 Everything else sort of merges into a blur really although I know I also had a chat with the Big Boss about HE, which I imagine I made no case for whatsover being barely capable of stringing a sentence together :lol:.
I was pretty much ready to come home at lunchtime so I tried to revive myself with a wander round the charity shops and Woolworths. I seem to be wearing the same four or five outfits on strict rotation at work and all my jeans now either have holes in or writing on so I’m ready for a wardrobe sort out and declutter which usually leads to a load of stuff going and getting replaced by sale bargains once the decluttered stuff sells on ebay. Will try and get that sorted this weekend as I notice there is a 10p listing day on Sunday and I know there is stuff I could get on there if I’m organised enough.
The afternoon dragged, particularly when Ady and the children were early arriving to collect me and I could see them out of the window 20 minutes before it was time for me to finish – waving at Scarlett from behind the counter really wasn’t the same as going and getting in the car with them to come home.
They had had a nice day apparently – been to Argus to get yet more discounted bed linen, off to Tescos and M&S to get my birthday presents (I reminded Ady that it was an excellent chance for him and the children to have me out of the way today and he should make use of it rather than panic next Saturday night that he hasn’t organised anything!), made cards for me, did some watercolour paintings, watched the Simpsons Movie twice and generally bonded I think.
This evening has passed in yet another blur really. I’m really struggling to shake off this cold and wondering if tomorrow’s plans of going into town in the morning (need to go to the bank among other things) and then off for a woodland walk with Chris and Julie will be too much or help me to feel better for having been out and about.
It’s a horrid cold – I’m finding it really helps to get a decent night’s sleep, but can’t always be done.
The watercolour stuff all sounds really good – I so agree about good art materials, makes such a difference.
I was idly reading through my old blogs in their various incarnations last night as I was sort of stuck to the laptop loading audiobooks into itunes for Hannah. I was slightly taken aback to realise this is the first xmas since I started blogging that we have all been well!! No wonder we’ve had a good time. We’ve had Hannah with chicken pox, Hannah is hospital with septicaemia following tonsilitis Hannah with pityarisis, me with shingles, me with pneumonia, Hannah with shingles…….. and all of that with Bob working!I feel positively light-hearted this year, even though I’m not putting down that block of wood till springtime at the earliest! Hope you all feel better soon. xx