A sweltering summer's day has passed by unnoticed by me, as the call of piles of papers in my office could no longer go unheeded. I doubt whether I have put in a day of 'real work' since the middle of December, and I don't care a jot! I have had my well-deserved rest after a hard year's slog, the cherry being last week's cruise up the coast, and the sun has still come up every morning. Today's heat actually helped ease me into my position in front of the computer, as an occasional drift of sea air came through the open window to cool my fevered brow - it's unbelievable how much heat is generated by computers!
I have a very full programme this week, not least of which is a speech at Toastmasters. I have already put it off twice due to pressure of work and cannot do it again - that would be admitting defeat. The problem is I haven't quite settled on the topic. I have begun three different outlines and can't take to any of them. I even got up at 2am to write it, thinking that I had nailed the subject, but this morning I changed my mind again. Perhaps the topic should be procrastination and vacillation - I have an intimate knowledge of these wayward habits.
In addition, the astronomy club newsletter needs to be sent out, with 40 new members' email addresses to be uploaded, and minutes of meetings await my ministrations.
Later this week I will be doing editing for three solid days. It doesn't look as though there is going to much of a gap for socialising - perhaps I am going to suffer the consequences of a six-week loaf after all!
Welcome home!
ReplyDeleteSounds as though you are back with a vengeance with speeches and work in the pipeline - holiday came at just the right time it seems!
Good luck with the speech, hoping you settle on a topic and it goes well!