The last six months have been horrible and obviously not just for me, but what a year to get promoted in! I’ve never had so much work to do, and most of it has had nothing to do with my career, education, qualifications, or experience. Being in charge of a few dozen people has meant loads of coronavirus-influenced planning, organisation scheduling/re-scheduling and re-aligning roles to suit each individual’s domestic arrangements as much as their professional competence.
And that has meant I’ve become Guidance Woman – come on Marvel there’s a new superheroine film you can make and I don’t even want paying for the idea!
I know that very few people are experts in pandemic planning, but I’ve had to decide where desks are situated, routing a one-way system round several offices, who can come into the building on which days to ensure social distancing, where sanitisers are placed, what can and can’t be touched/used, and of course who has to wear fucking masks and where they can and can’t go with/without one!
Am I competent to make those decisions?
Have I got any of them right?
Nobody’s been to check & nobody’s died – well nobody from our company and we’ve got 400+ employees spread over six locations in two countries anyway – so I’m assuming it’s been done correctly. But it’s not been fun. And nothing else has been either.
But I’m now off work for two weeks – not going anywhere except the gym to get rid of the three extra pounds I’ve put on; partly because it’s been closed, but mainly because I’ve been too busy to exercise properly or eat anything other than ready meals – so today is the first day of sweat soaked – or soapy suds soaked 🙂 – planning!
Who, what, where and how has yet to be decided, but hubby is not enough – he’s been fucked so many times in so many ways that as much as I love him: been there done that!
Cheers!


