Spent all week at Sussex Uni attending meetings about NHS new computer system. Today was my last day and I have had a really crappy session where it was all too much...so I blogged...on my pad! And this is how it went!

Almost end of morning: We've started at 9am and the man presenting the session looks like a lezard. No...he's not green and scally! Let's just say he is tanned and very dark with a funny goaty (only along the bottom of his chin) with a dark moustache under his nose...or on top of his upper lip; take your pick!
He's thin and when I say thin, I mean VERY thin. Nothing at the front, like real flat and nothing at the back...almost has a bum going inwards! He is not very tall. He is a bit like a twigg. The reason he reminds me of a lezard is that every so often, his tongue comes out between his lips to, I guess, moisterise them! You can see his little tongue going in and out at real high speed... just like a lezard! And beside, I suspect his got a tail tucked in his socks!
My God.... this presentation is still going on and it's near lunch time!. I have no idea what they are on about! Why am I here!? Ok ... I just looked up and saw codes, after codes after codes neatly scribbled on a flashy Excel spreadsheet on the screen. Means absolutely nothing to me! Might as well start a little nap now!

A little bit later: I'm really not interested. I've drifted ages ago and can't get back into it. Am I concerned? Should I be? Who cares? I am not interested and life's too short to worry about that. I know.... I'll go for a pee and stay as long as I can in the loo. Do you think they'll notice?!! Let's see.....

Back from the loo: No one cared. No one turned around when I came back. Should have stayed longer. I went in (the loo) and no one else was in there. Thank God, I hate it when i hear someone else's pee. So I peeed and wiped myself (as you do!). Man! The tissue paper was so thin! Needed to take so much off the dispenser to protect my fingers!. Flushed the loo, make sure it's all gone.... Twas all gone!
Looked at myself in the mirror, checked my hair, my teeth, my eyes, my nose...that spot on my forehead.... still there but not too bad (Woman keeps looking at me writing on my pad in presentation room. I suspect she knows I am not listening to Lezard man). Carried on checking my little self in mirror, pressed button to wash hands. Water is luke warm. It's nice! Press other button to get soap. Pink liquid soap. Smells quite nice, it's unusual!. Pressed button again to get more water. Water getting hotter.... washed hands, Hot water burnt my hands....DAMMIT! Dried my hands with green paper towels. Going back to presentation room now!
I'm out of space on other page. So I start on this one. 18 minutes to go before lunch! I wonder what we'll have. Shall I talked to others during lunch? Or shall I go in a quiet corner and read my book like I have done for the past 3 days? My book is very interesting so I shall go in quiet corner and read it!
I am supposed to take notes for this presentation. I did at the beginning but then I got borred! People kept asking irrelevant questions. I was forever wishing for them to shut up and let the lezard man carry on with his speech! So I drifted, to distance myself from the others and their boring comments. I dont think it is my fault to be so detached. The presentation in itself is so uninteresting and lezard man has a way of presenting that you would only allow at a very dark funeral. No sense of humour from him. No quirky jokes! He's just blabbering about what he's been taught at work. No disrespect to Lezard man! He's only doing his job, after all, he's not a stand up comedian! However, I've attended other presentations in the past which I felt were made entertaining despite the unexciting aspect of the subject. So either you have it, or you dont! You either can stimulate the crowd, or you can't...and clearly, lezard man can't! I wonder if someone like Paul O'Grady was conducting this presentation, would all attendees drift into total boring oblivion!! Me think NOT
11 minutes to go.... Please people, STOP asking questions!!!! Let's move on!!

After lunch: We were served Beef Strogonoff with rice and overcooked couscous with roasted vegetables, spring rolls and Spinach with Feta cheese nuggets and sweet and sour sauce. I ate some and enjoyed my book! Gasping for some water now. Will pinch a bottle from the table top and grab a glass... Since it's all free, might aswell enjoy it!

After 2pm: I am home... translating what I wrote in the room onto here.... I feel tired and look forward to a nice glass of wine later! The week is over, The meetings are over (for now). I will have a lot more work to do from now on until Christmas and instead of beating myself up about it, I will go with the flow! And if I can't do it...or dont want to do it anymore, I'll tell them to stuff it. Simple as that!!

Mey
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