MAMA....IT'S ALL OVEEERRRR!!!

You know the little monster who cries and howl “It’s all oveeerrrr….” at the end of those “Just for Laughs” gag sequences? That’s exactly what I feel like doing this morning.

To be clear, I am having First-Day-Back-At-Work blues.

It should have been Monday really, but thanks to a strategically timed flu bug, my return was delayed by two days. I wish it had been H1N1. I am the only one I know who wishes to contract H1N1, dengue fever and any number of potentially deadly illnesses, just in hopes of escaping the inevitable. How despicable….how desperate.

I feel like I am committing mass perjury, as I smile at everyone and claim that it is nice to be back after all this time when in my heart of hearts, I am actually hollering “Nooooo…..”. And visit each manager’s office and assuring them that I am well (which I am) and raring to start work (which I am not). And discussing when I can get up to speed at work, all the time thinking I haven’t even gotten to the highway yet. The number of asides I have muttered to myself silently today!
And it is still a “honeymoon” period yet! I am at present occupied with the hundred and one unproductive and trivial tasks that one needs do when one has returned to work after a long absence – clearing emails, going through paper work, filing (oh, my favourite of all brainless tasks) etc. I predict this will last me until this week ends, and then I have to start doing the real work. And the fun begins, oh boy!

And so, I am now furtively typing away at blogger, keeping an eye over my shoulder (in case anyone creeps up on me and I have to do the Alt-Tab thing), trying to relieve my feelings somewhat so that I can continue with the whole pretense, without breaking down in hysterical laughter a la Fran Drescher.

SB reminds me that I need to pay for my European holiday this year somehow, so I better keep my nose to the grindstone (or at least keep up the pretense of doing so). The things we do for that occasional bout of gratification!