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Journeys

You forget a lot of things when you take a break from work. You forget that you didn’t have to go back to the office until Wednesday, not Tuesday. You forget that every time you go away something bad happens to your computer and you have to spend the first morning back rebuilding it. You forget how unpleasant it is to commute into London.

The last two days have been perfect examples of supreme efforts to get in early thwarted by a third-world transport system. Packed tubes that you just have to let pass you by because there’s no chance of fighting your way on. Passengers shouting at each other to hurry up and move simply because they are so frustrated. A woman being deliberately pushed off a train and onto a platform by the man standing behind her. Walking in the rain because the escalators down to the dangerously overcrowded platforms have been roped off for safety.

And then last night, an angry red stripe of ‘delayed’ and ‘cancelled’ signs on the indicator boards for the overground trains back to Chelmsford. Sitting on one train so long it transmuted into a later service, the one we’d got on effectively being cancelled on the spot so it wouldn’t count as running late… it truly is a national disgrace.

So, it leaves me with two options. Either, travel even earlier, and get into the office at eight. Or, travel much later, and get in at ten. Neither is particularly appealing, although as the day officially begins at ten I guess the latter is more sensible.

The eight o’clock option, though, might be just what I need, giving me no reason not to get in two hours before everyone else and work on the book.

Hmmm…

But travel is only two or three hours a day, and plenty good has happened betweentime. Got to see my friends again. Worked hard together with Gordon to gather together a nice guest list for tomorrow night’s show. Had a long long session at the gym this evening with Kevin - planned on staying just over an hour, but in the end was still there, still running, two hours later.

If you liked that post, then try these...

St Stephen’s Day on December 27th, 2006

New House on March 29th, 2007

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One Response to “Journeys”

  1. Kev Says:
    November 14th, 2002 at 12:25 am

    Take it from me, early mornings are best Nik. I don’t always practise what I preach however, I suggest you get up at 6, arrive at the gym at 6.30 when its empty then set off to work before 8. That way you can come home early and the rest of the day is relaxed as you have already done the gym work. Leave your radio on all night by your bed so the mornings are not such a shock, you just wake to voices. It all works for me mate.