Message #69480

[geminigirl]

I would never leave the house without full warpaint i.e. make-up!  Good lord, that would scare the horses!!  And I always have breakfast – tea & toast – to set me up for the day.  I have worked at places where people would eat breakfast once they arrived (cereal, using the milk that’s meant for tea / coffee and couldn’t care less if it meant no milk by mid-day because they didn’t have hot drinks).

So, my start-time is 9.30 but generally in before that:

• Switch on PC and check emails and voicemails;
• Check the diary to see what the boss is up to for the day (although I also do that the afternoon before to make sure she has papers etc for any early morning meetings;
• Get my already-made-up bottle of squash (cold water and fruit cordial for those who don’t know what squash is) out of the fridge and large glass poured – this way I try and drink at least a litre of water a day but quite often that large glass is only half done by the end of the day;
• Get on with whatever needs doing;
• Put coffee on about 10.30;
• Carry on with stuff.

My office is at the end of a corridor with no through traffic so I don’t get caught for chats etc unless someone comes to my office on purpose.

I'm always amused by people who say they have too much to do but always have time for several 20-minute natters during the day ...