I think the cough and tiredness are easing.  I did give in to a dear colleague's insistent recommendation and bought some Broncho Stop on the way home, worked wonders for her and her daugther etc etc etc. Tasted vile vile vile. Had to pinch  my nose to get it in my mouth, then had thyme flavoured burps yuk yuk yuk.  I am convinced that it's vileness is making me feel better, some deep rooted reaction that overcomes the infection/virus to save me having to take much more of this disgusting (expensive) preparation.

Work nuts, so feckin distracting all day, I have always wanted to be a receptionist but with a pretty full work coach diary, helping mentor and trying to also learn the new strands, I feel overwhelmed (feeling poop dont; help).  I did do a good thing today making the most of the control I still have over my own diary to "sneak" out and get v vulnerable client to GP surgery, past the well meaning but obstructive front line staff, to register with the nurse, so hopefully she'll get GP appointment tomorrow and get the help she needs.  Manager impressed, nice side issue, client the main concern of course.

Bit upset with darling older sister who for some strange reason abused my tupperware! I;d brought two portions of my lovely (if rather salty) chicken soup in matching tupperwares.  Decanted mine into bowl to heat. Ate soup. Washed bowl and tupperware. Went back to desk, passing sister who was on her way to lunch.  Much later, found other tupperware still in feckin sink with lid distored through having been heated in micro!!!  Reminded myself to keep sense of proportion.

Oh, and the department of perverse decisions really played a blinder, a really dirty trick. As predicuted. After months of a process involving colleagues jumping thru hoop after hoop to get  proper promotion as opposed to joking (temporary) promotion, then setting one final initiative test - offering all but one of them posts away from the "lovely ugly city" aka, moving them round like pawns to distant/awkward to get to locatoins - in my view misusing resources, wasting their valuable local knowledge and just generally inconveniencing them. Today, the less daring were rewarded for refusing to move and given posts on promotion in our office whilst in my view mostly better candidates who accepted moves as that was the deal if they wanted these long desired and worked for promotions are transferred (one lady will have to leave her house about 7.15 to get two buses to get to work by 8.30 whereas one of the cowards could drive there in 15 mins), whilst we get more brand new to the department staff to bring up to speed.  FFS.

Today's lovely image.

Oh that's right, I can't link to anything cos this bastard laptop doesnt think being able to tab or use the pad to highlight and copy is a reasonble request of a Thurs evening.`