Echoing these sentiments and hope all plus familes, friends and acquaintances stay safe and well.

Any news?

Hi - Just wanted to wish you well with everything and hope that your future works out as you want it to.

Get an hour for lunch.  Usually bring in a sandwich and fruit from home which 9 times out of 10 I'll eat at my desk.  There is a rest area to use if you want and kitchen facilities, can heat up items in microwave, use kettle etc.  Sometimes I treat myself to a freshly made salad box from local sandwich van.  Only go out if I have a definite reason as I'm in a remote location and you have to drive 10+ minutes to get anywhere.

Glad you had a good trip and it went well for you.    Perhaps we could start a thread of where people have been on business trips in their working lives?

Love the title Jess.

I might watch bits and pieces, but only on telly.  I did sign up to find out about tickets and have had lots of emails but the events I'd wanted to go for were way outside my spending capacity, what with everything else I've got going on.

Good piece with some very useful tips.

Hi Becky - How's your week been?  Have you got some things planned for the weekend so you can chill out and relax?  I've not got a lot of much better advice to given than what's already been said, but will send you some virtual hugs to keep you going.

Take care of yourself.

Just fab!

I think I'd say make the most of what you've got and all the opportunities that come your way.  Life has taken some different turns than perhaps I'd prefer, sometimes due to not taking up those opportunities.  Also, cherishing your loved ones would be a priority too as I lost a couple of people very close to heart (as well as my age) not long after when I was 20.
Investing in a technological company would have been a good thing too.

This reminds me of a question I had in a 2nd round interview last year - "What gets you going in the morning"  - I responded with an immediate "the alarm clock" - needless to say I didn't get the job! 
Normally, I wake up to the alarm clock, if my hubbie is around he has it set early as he leaves/finishes earlier than me and I choose to get up with him as it's the best part of the day for us to get some quality time together.  We make and have breakfast together, chat etc before he leaves.  If he's away on businesss I admit to having an extra hour in bed and then often have to rush before I need to go out.
A cup of nice coffee also helps.

Belated congrats MsMarie.

My new goal is to give back a bit more in my local community.  I've just taken on the role of volunteer press/marketing person at local swim club which will be a start.

Just updated my CV last week (not done this for 8 months) as I had a 'phone call out of the blue from an agency saying that they'd like to put me forward for a role they thought I would be very suitable for and they wanted to submit my details to .... I've not heard any more, so assuming nothing coming my way, although will do follow up call to agency.  Hey, nothing ventured, nothing gained.  it was worth trying out for as it was more monies and more interesting tasks / daily stimulation than I'm doing now plus making more use of my skillset than I do at the moment.

I order stationery but don't control the budget.  I've tried getting in recycled notepads but I could not find anything of a suitable quality to satisfy everyone's tastes.  There is recycled paper for general copying, fax machine etc and better paper for other printing.  All the printer/copier toners are recycled and returned to the stationery supplier (free service  ).

We have to recycle as much as we can - I work in the waste management industry and it's almost engrained in us to do this!  Everyone has their own mini recycle bin for paper and card.  You are also encouraged to double side printing/copying as much as possible.  We have separate bins outside for co-mingled dry and clean products (plastic, paper and cardboard) and another general bin for kitchen waste etc. 

The building is not that eco-friendly due to its design but lights, etc are kept switched off as much as possible, heating and air-con etc are monitored and there's heat sensitive lighting in the washrooms.

Hi Callie

How did the 2nd interview go then?  Fingers crossed for you!

Chatham