Today I sit here at my desk pondering International Women’s Day. I am pretty sure that today I should be feeling strong, proud and liberated, maybe wearing a power suit or burning my bra but actually I’m wearing a heated wheat bag on my neck as I am suffering from Torticollis (no I don’t know what this is either but it hurts!), I am drinking my hot water and waiting for the wife to pick me up so I can drown my sorrows over a glass of milk while sat in bed watching this weeks “Celebs go Dating”. Woo go me, you strong independent woman! I am however very lucky in that I am loved by some amazing women in my life. My wife manages to work full time, care for our toddler and train in a new care sector. My sister runs her own business as well as raising the most well behaved teenager ever. We have a Registered Manager in our office and she is my life guru and inspiration as she has such determination and strength. My mum has overcome illness and loss in her life y
This morning the office team had a discussion about the current weather and how it had impacted on our business overnight. Of course, I was involved in this whole-heartedly, never once looking over the manager’s head to the donuts that were placed just behind him. We love donut Friday in this office! In all honesty, though, the weather has been pretty extreme overnight. This morning it was minus 2 in my car! Schools in Plymouth have been closed, drivers were stranded at Holden Hill for hours with local pubs making up make shift beds to house cold and tired drivers for the night, trains have been cancelled and plenty of people have fallen on the icy pavement’s including our very own Marketing genius in the office. In March of last year, we had snow for days. Of course, the romantic part of me thought it was wonderful to see families outside having snowball fights, sliding on sleds and making snowmen before going indoors to cosy up and watch a film in front of a roaring fire