Note-to-Self. - Real Mum story on MoM

Why is it that arriving back at work after annual leave is always a head spin?

That dreaded Monday morning came around too fast. The 7am alarm beeped and I dragged my body out of bed with eyes squinted to blind the light and instantly felt the frown line appear. Opening the back door, I tripped over 3 pairs of thongs, one flipper and a wet beach towel. Not fair at all considering its always the garden hose that never gets wound up and where is the hose BTW?

Feeling the walls on my way back to the bathroom being mindful not to wake anyone I closed the bathroom door to find a pile of dirty laundry behind it, my bath towel missing, the soap dirty from the dog wash, my moisturiser lid off and the toothpaste capless. Note-to-Self: Retrain family bathroom manners.

Showered and dressed, I hopped in my car, turned key… FLAT BATTERY… waited a 30 minute life-time for RAC to sell me an overpriced battery and I was back on the road with 13 thousand other first-day-back commuters jogging for every left turn position.

Finally in the office after fighting the coffee queue for a double flat white, I plomped myself down at my desk, turned on my computer and picked up the phone for messages. Hang on… a yellow sticky note tells me this is Don Tuce’s phone. Who’s been sitting at my desk? I dial reception.

Me: “Hi Nicky, how you going, it’s me, I’m back, who’s D O N T U C E, his name is on my phone”?

Nicky: “Hmmm, I don’t know a Don Tuce, odd, let me check and get back to you”.

Two minutes later phone rings.

Nicky: “It’s Nicky, the phone note says ‘Dont Use’.

Note-to-Self: Be kind to everyone today!

Posted by sizzlingcool, 4th February 2014

36 Comments

- - ChiWren said
  - 02 Oct 2024
    1:13 pm
Hahahahaha!! The time off wasn’t long enough, brain needs more recharge

- - JessyJade190490 said
  - 11 Nov 2015
    4:27 pm
Bahahahaha thanks for the laugh =) Was definitely a good one to read!! Thanks for sharing!! Although I do hope your day improved after your morning!!

- - mom113055 said
  - 17 Oct 2015
    1:21 pm
note to self

- - mom108638 said
  - 04 Jun 2015
    9:51 am
That Is very funny… I normally just forget all my passwords

- - mom73672 said
  - 10 Mar 2015
    11:04 am
Thats funny…That Don Tuce has a lot to answer for and considering its on the Phone – answer being the operative word! Good luck with retraining the family. Your place sounds like mine at times!

- - mom57522 said
  - 23 Sep 2014
    9:46 pm
This story had me laughing out loud.
- mom57522 replied
  
  10 Jan 2015 , 5:52 pm
  Read it again, still had me laughing!
- - Dennis12 said
  - 27 Jul 2014
    3:42 pm
Thanks for the laugh

- - coppin85 said
  - 28 May 2014
    4:24 pm
I’m still laughing about this

- - catgrrl3 said
  - 16 May 2014
    3:53 pm
i do think it takes some time to get the brain back into work mode and off holiday time

- - scottie said
  - 15 May 2014
    3:14 pm
Oh dear, a little embarrassing but good to laugh about later

- - tilly said
  - 08 May 2014
    12:50 pm
Lol you must have just sat in silence after that.

- - sheenaeliza said
  - 02 May 2014
    12:23 am
I could imagine what had gone through your mind when you see that sticker after such a terrible morning? Whenever we rethink such situations , it brings smile..am I right?

- - kathryn said
  - 30 Apr 2014
    10:06 pm
Don who? cheeky of him to take over your desk!

- - coppin85 said
  - 30 Apr 2014
    8:06 pm
ha ha this gave me a laugh

- - della said
  - 29 Apr 2014
    9:32 pm
Lol We all have similar experiences when returning .

- - smart_ass said
  - 29 Apr 2014
    4:14 pm
too funny…i think we are all like this after returning from leave…

- - kimmba said
  - 29 Apr 2014
    12:40 pm
Thank you, I feel better now as I have just returned back to work myself from Leave and it was daunting.

- - bailey87 said
  - 28 Apr 2014
    10:53 am
thank you for sharing, that is quite funny and we all have these moments

- - mariel said
  - 27 Apr 2014
    9:26 pm
this is funny thank you

- - aussiemum said
  - 27 Apr 2014
    10:50 am
HAhahaha! Just the giggle I needed on this wet and miserable day! Doing the ‘back to school’ organising today and it’s just depressing me. Note to self: teach my children how to spell properly before they enter the work environment!