Iola's Idiocy

Today was a day of deterioration.  It started fine then I remembered it was the board meeting (about 9.15) So then I went to the board meeting and was 5 mins later than planned so couldn't help colleague set up for presentation so felt guilty because she was so nervous and I could have helped calm that lot.  Then the board went chuntering on and I have to spend the afternoon writing up the minutes but I've got back to the office and the answermachine is full of messages for other people who aren't there - who spend the afternoon replying to the messages so of course they can't take the other calls for them.  The they do the thinking through stuff that's nowt to do with me when I'm trying to put calls through to them.  The classic conversation piece did not occur today "I don't know how you get any work done with the phone ringing all the time" that really would have been tiresome.
 
Then I am my own worst enemy and think no to the gym.  So I sit and read for an hour when I get in, manage to consume the rest of the licorice I bought on Saturday and wonder why I get in a foul temper... That'll be the sugar DUH!  Did about 1/2 the chores I should have done with the evening so I think the best bet is to admit defeat and retire to bed for another hour with the lovely Harry Potter 5.  I know everyone else read it a year ago but I was waiting for it to come out in paper back.  Of course I can't for the life of me remember what happened in book 4 so I am a trifle confused (having seen escape from Azkabjan at the flicks a couple of weeks ago - book 3) but we are in the teenage whinge zone so probably for the best. 
 
Talking of angst saw Spiderman 2 at the cinema last night - a pile of unmitigated trollop for the first hour as the "Making a choice between the bird I want, the life I want and being spiderman" point was somewhat labored but the flying around and improbable stunts where there in throwaway entertainment style in the 2nd 1/2 so it was throw away fun for that much.  The chap was pleased it was so akin to the comic and JF was not forthcoming with her views, although I think she enjoyed it.  It might have helped if I had remembered what had happened in the first one - really need to find a collection of "synopsis" websites so I can refresh on things I have read/seen previously.  My failing to write a diary for the last 4 years has trashed my ability to remember films.  (Sadly whilst BBC do good synopsis of Shakespeare on the English KS1,2,3,4, GCSE/A level revision pages that have saved me from booking tickets for plays I'm not likely to enjoy they haven't branched out into pop culture as yet)