A Knitting Revelation

I've just been floored by a radical concept ... here I was, knitting away furiously, thinking of all the things I need to knit for Christmas presents - mainly for people at work. All of a sudden it hit me - why am I wasting my precious time on knitting things for people at work, some of whom I tolerate only because I have to? Our department has grown in size greatly over the last year, and whilst I get on great with most of my colleagues, there are others that I could do without. So, silly or not to spend hours slaving over a hot scarf for some of these people?

I feel like a big cloud has been lifted, shame I didn't think of this before I bought all the wool to knit lots of pressies!

This has been an extremely busy week. Jenny (my line manager) retired yesterday - well, I say retired, she's coming back part time after a break of five weeks. We have a new secretary in the department, who is a junior medical secretary. She is a lovely girl, very accurate, but very slow - which is totally understandable as she's a junior - but already in three weeks she's settled in well and is getting faster. She'll be a real asset to the department ... but for the next five weeks while Jenny is off my workload will still be doubled, as Anna is only working three days a week, and there will be far too much typing for her to keep on top of during that time. I could do without the hassle, to be honest, but it has to be done.

So, this week I spent a lot of time organising Jenny's collection, presents and leaving party. I am exhausted. I also have shitloads of work of my own to do, so I'm going to have to push myself into supersecretary mode next week and see if I can get lots of it done.

In the meantime, back to my latest knitting project, a mindless stocking stitch scarf thingy that doesn't take any thought, just knit until I run out of yarn. Super!