Just want to bang on the drums all day

Lovely day here in Cow Country, the weather is fine. Just hot enough to let you know sun-block is a good idea, but not scorching.

I am feeling rather boxed in. Work to the left of me, clients to the right and here I am - stuck in the office again. Casual Fridays just don't take the edge off. I have spent the morning returning all the calls I had - avoiding the great paper shuffle, but now there they are in all capital letters.

Here is a little known office secret, that pile of work will inch its way into the center of your desk when you try to ignore it. It will actually send love notes to you or hate mail when you procrastinate too long. It is a very stubborn stalker. At least that has been my experience. And the stack today has been particularly aggressive. Why just now I had to close out an instant message from one of the files demanding that I stop this obvious effort to avoid it and give it the attention it feels it deserves.

Yes - IT IS ALIVE - and coming to a desk near you. So if you value your time and your sanity, run to the nearest exit and take this day off. Take no Blackberry and no cell phone. If you do it will find you and drag you by the ear back to your desk. I know, because that is what got me into the office today in the first place. Responsibility is a "B*@%h" that won't leave you alone.

As I slap down another email summons, I wonder, how do I get out of this place? But then I answer that question almost immediately. I can leave when I want to. I just have to be willing to stop listening to the clarion calls of the work that is waiting. And that is my Catch 22 - I want it all. I want the clients to be well served, the work completed efficiently and accurately and I want my time out too.

Being a grown-up has a lot of advantages - perhaps today - this just isn't one of them?

"I don't want to work - just want to bang on the drums all day"

Living and loving it...........mostly :-)