Much, much busier

Gosh, again, it's been a long time. But since I write this for me, rather than for anyone else, I don't see why I should apologise for that! Actually, I normally write this as displacement for something else. At the moment it's the fact that I've got about 1200 words to finish on an essay about EU Law. It has to be handed in tomorrow though, and I'm off work sick today.

Am v. pleased to be ill today, as I'll miss my work's Christmas lunch. That sounds very bah-humbuggy, but let me explain. I like my colleagues as colleagues, but this present bunch, I have no desire whatsoever to socialise with. So why would I want to spend £30 on a, probably, indifferent lunch and speak in small talk? In addition to which, one always has the christmas-lunch-who-is-drinking malarky. This infuriates me every year. I quite like a glass of wine with lunch. Maybe pushing the boat out, I'll have two. So why do I get to subsidise the people who are drinking bottles? I've been known to have to contribute £20 for two glasses of wine. Humph. Last year our team leader bought all the alcohol, so not a problem. This year, who knows, or cares, as I won't be there!!

There is a mince pie making competition on Monday, when I shall probably be well enough to stagger back to work (snigger). I will therefore spend some of the weekend in concocting mince pies mode. I haven't made them for so long that I'll have to get some mince pie cutting shapes and a mince pie pan (I'm not convinced by the muffin one I got). Am looking forward to that.

Now though, I shall go and write a few hundred words, and then have a cup of tea!  ¶ 6:56 AM