Rain

It has been difficult getting motivated about a return to work after the long holiday weekend. And it has not been helped by unremittingly wet weather, which got in the way of the Jubilee celebrations and seems intent on getting in the way of the rest of the summer. Having said that, when it was blisteringly hot a couple of weeks ago I also found it difficult to get motivated about work - the blinding spring sunshine would lure me outside for a lunchtime stroll, or would suggest not unreasonably that I should leave promptly in the evening in order to go for a stroll on the way home. (I do a lot of strolling. It's about as fast as I can go.) The driving rain should encourage me to stay at my desk and hence get in a few more hours of productive work; but in reality it makes me feel aggrieved that I am forced to remain in the office against my will, a prisoner almost literally chained to my computer, with no hope of glimpsing the last precious dregs of daylight, at least till 5 o'clock comes around. And hence the lack of motivation. It is a good job there is no supply of paper clips on my desk: I have wasted many hours of my life on paper clips.