The meeting I was late for was a whole day long, a day long meeting. One meeting, 7 hours.
In fairness it couldn’t have been shorter due to the all encompassing nature of the agenda. It was the last team meeting this side of the summer recess. Given the option of a giant meeting or several smaller ones I’d most likely vote for the whopper, I’m not fond of meetings. I recognise that they are a necessary evil….and one biggie is better for the environment, I have to do a 45 mile round trip.
What had worked well this year? What could we improve on? How? Reports from the team. Suggestions from the team. Blah, blah blah, blah blah.
All of this painstaking self examination and forward planning was tempered by the presence of two enormous boxes of chocolate biscuits and a massive box of chocolates. Our team leader definitely knows how to keep the ranks in order.
Motivational biscuits.
As the day progressed they became ever more attractive and indeed essential. Essential to lift spirits, essential to take the edge off the hysteria, essential for focus. I probably ate at least half a box of biscuits and a good percentage of the chocolates.
This shouldn’t shock anyone.
The shocker is that I’ve lost another pound. Here’s hoping it doesn’t come back this week….and bring some friends with it.
Due to the meeting I know the days I’m likely to be working come the end of September. Not Tuesdays, I won’t be able to call across the studio CUNextTuesday on a Thursday night.
Another small pleasure bites the dust.
fat tart 
When I was learning the bagpipes (in the early 1970’s) the pipe master told us of a single classroom school far up in the Highlands where Basil was the lone teacher. He came to work one day to discover that someone (presumably a disenchanted pupil) had spray painted “Basil is a see you next Tuesday” across the wooden facade. Being rather innocent it took me a wee while to figure out out. What special thing was going to happen next Tuesday? I wondered. Until the penny dropped. The phrase has stuck with me ever since.
Much better than the bagpipe lessons…
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