heartbreakingly generous...

So yesterday I made that rather glorious Mocca Chocca Sponge cake.

I posted a photo of it on my FB page where a couple of work colleagues commented on how nice it looked and how much they liked to eat Mocca Chocca Sponge cake on a Monday morning at work....

I took the hint and made a mental count of how many of us are in on a Monday (we've recently 'merged' teams and there are a variety of Full Timers & Part Timers (who all work different days!), we've also got some people on Annual Leave and one person currently off sick... so cut off seven slices, wrapped them up and popped them into a carry box.

Now, its been a 'challenging' time at work for the last few months and stress levels are quite high.  

This morning at 7.30am I left home for what I hoped would be a better week... once I'd battled my way through heavy rain, strong gusty wind and finally managed to get my car to one of Canterbury's Park n Rides, hopped on a waiting bus, walked from the City Centre to my office!

I staggered into the office at 8.20am and noticed that our Co-Ordinator was already busy tapping away at her pc... 

"Morning" I chirped... a grunt was offered in reply.
"Did you have a nice day off on Friday?" I continued... another grunt.

So, having had the conversation killed and no eye-contact made, I gave up, made a mental note that there was to be no improvement on the stress levels, popped on my headphones and listened to BBC News (drone on and on about the Trump/Clinton last day of campaigning - and that's a whole nother horror story!!!) until I was due to start work at 8.45am.

I think we made it to 10.30am before I finally caved in, tore myself away from a never ending report with a ridiculous deadline, picked up the box of Mocca Chocca sponge slices and offered them to the girls.

It was only when I got to our bad tempered Co-Ordinator (who was able to make eye contact and offer more than a grunt at the prospect of a slice of cake!) that I realised we had called in another member of staff to help us out - AAAARRRRRGGGGGGGHHHHHHHH  

There were EIGHT of us in the office !!!!!!

 All slices of my beautifully moist, mocca chocca sponge cake were speedily dispatched, with some lovely comments on how light and tasty it was....

I was left looking at an empty lunch box, a cold cuppa and report that wasn't going to deal with itself!!!

#sigh
#heartbreak