Yes, it’s that time of the year. I’m completely exhausted, completely behind with everything and getting closer to being completely over it!

I’m finding myself needing to meditate in public to try to prevent myself from lashing out at people who irritate me … and needing to take more frequent breaks to stop myself from making too many silly mistakes with my work … and last week I very badly hurt my neck just doing a stretch when I woke up!

I honestly cannot recall the last time I had a day off completely. And it’s been several weeks since I had even a few hours off, other than those few hours of the day when I sleep.

So, yes, this is less an informative blog post and more of a whine! Just because I need to get it out of my system and - you guessed it - get back to work.

However, I’m dreaming of 19 December when I fly off to be with my family for Christmas and can no longer do a great deal of work. Then there will be all of lovely January to pull myself together, try to get my health back into some sort of order and generally sort my life out. Oh, except I’ll probably have a lot of jewellery needing replenishing around the place!

Anyway … there’s my whine. And now I must work.