Watch how I have retained my ability to make a tiny ironing board out of two dishlcoths and one square foot of kitchen surface, before ironing the skirt I am currently wearing .
Marvel at my ability not only to hurtle through every shortcut in the North West Edinburgh area , but to sucessfully apply make up at every red and amber traffic light.
Yes, yes, I know. Some people might class all this as simply the inevitable result of Bad Timekeeping. Those of us who have had meetings with Occupational Health, however, know that these are an important part of the rehabilitation process. My phased return aims to Reestablish Working Patterns.
Yep. Still got it.
28 July 2011 at 18:07
I don't think I ever had it. Take it easy, Macy and I hope the lipstick is a nice bright red.
Sx
28 July 2011 at 18:24
I have trouble mono-tasking.
28 July 2011 at 19:28
I no longer need to dry my hair, have given up ironing for at least 3 years (the iron hasn't been used since I moved here in 2008) and don't wear makeup. This is clearly because, as a man, I'm unable to multi-task. Although I have remembered to breath whilst typing this, so that's a start, anway.
28 July 2011 at 19:35
You go girl....
28 July 2011 at 20:19
Only lipstick at red traffic lights, since the unfortunate mascara incident. But maybe you are more dextrous.
28 July 2011 at 21:27
You could get up half an hour earlier ... but I'm just a man. btw its better seeing women applying lipstick at the lights than men poking in their noses ...
28 July 2011 at 22:18
Scarlet - No worries. Today was a half day just enough time to delete my e-mails and catch up on the gossip.
lx - So do I. I reckon if I multi task enough no one will notice both tasks are done badly...
Dave - You would also look strange wearing a skirt ... even with those legs....
Libby - There will (sadly) be more anon
Z - Hi! No I can handle mascara though it is most definitely a red light only application.
63Mago - Get up half an hour earlier? And miss out on that vital half an hour staring at the ceiling deciding what to wear??
28 July 2011 at 23:38
You must be feeling better. As Scarlet says - take it easy.
29 July 2011 at 06:56
Putting on makeup while travelling always reminds me of the Airplane films when the woman ends up with lipstick slashed all over her face while the plane flies through turbulence....which is why I never attempt it!
29 July 2011 at 07:12
I do have a long black dress...
29 July 2011 at 08:39
Pat - Thanks. I think work are going to insist tht I take it easy at first.
Curry Queen - Nah! With the gear in neutral it's a doddle.
Dave! - Now look, when you say you haven't ironed for three years, I hope this is beause the LBD is dry clean only.
The only alternatives are (a) your
LBD has remained unwashed for 3 years or (unthinkable!) Scarlet has taken to doing your ironing.....
29 July 2011 at 08:46
I'm impressed with you alright.
I still can't be arsed.
I haven't picked up the iron since that one time after the NLP course.
Give everything a quick shake, hang it up, it'll be fine. My motto. And they don't pay me enough to make more of an effort anyway.
29 July 2011 at 12:10
Such talents should never go unrewarded----
I have tried the ironing something that I'm already wearing---unfortunately the hard surface underneath was me.
I thought that my ex wife had a problem with timekeeping but I think that she was just cunning---even though she had showered before me, somehow a work skirt would appear on the ironing board while I was ironing my shirt for the day----note to any men---never never never show any talent for ironing a radial pleated skirt
29 July 2011 at 22:38
So your recovery will be judged complete when you can multitask nine different things effortlessly?
After a lot of practice, I can now put on a pair of tights AND apply lipstick AND pull out those troublesome underwires while I'm at a single set of red traffic lights. Easy peasy.
30 July 2011 at 00:52
I can't even manage to put on lipstick while standing still in front of a well-lit mirror.
One of the reasons I had to become self-employed...
30 July 2011 at 07:32
I only wear the LBD for an hour a week. How often should I wash it?
I'll bring my ironing up when I come to do your bricklaying, shall I?
30 July 2011 at 10:04
Clyde - You can iron a radial pleat skirt??? Now you tell me!
Nick - I'm impressed! But where are you driving to??
Barb - Self employment also usually comes with better bosses too :)
Dave - Hell yeah! If you only run a wash cycle every three years or so I can probably deal with that!
30 July 2011 at 10:28
I do wash other clothes a little more often than that.
30 July 2011 at 13:55
To my place of work, naturally. They do expect me to look smart and professional at all times. I tried ditching the tights but I got a stern ticking-off.