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Anyone else up to something they shouldn't be?

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shouldntBeButIAm · 08/11/2019 13:51

I'm laying in bed in my dressing gown on mumsnet. I have my laptop on the bed with the sound turned up so I hear if anyone instant messages or Skype calls me! It's really not in keeping with the company culture to skive off like this!

I SHOULD be working from home, sat in my office dealing with a load of work. I should be at minimum dressed before the kids get home!

ANYONE else want to confess to being up to something you shouldn't be?! If so, what and what should you be doing!?

OP posts:
ASqueakingInTheShrubbery · 08/11/2019 14:10

I'm not doing very well at this. I've told DH that I've got the worst case of galloping consumption this side of the 18th century and can do no more than lie on the sofa, sighing faintly. I've got a bit of a cold, a good book and a strong sense of CBA. I could have got away with it, but I'm dosed up on Sudafed and doing housework.

Passthebubbly · 08/11/2019 14:11

We sent the kids to school, went back to bed and slept till 12, bliss

shouldntBeButIAm · 08/11/2019 14:12

Glad it's not just me!!

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LochJessMonster · 08/11/2019 14:14

I'm on MN in the office at the moment. Feeling very Friday-ish and not answering any calls.

attillathenun · 08/11/2019 14:16

lol yep - reading MN at work Grin To be fair, I'm going on maternity leave next friday and I have sod all else to do. Literally turning up and being paid to do jack shit a present

EggysMom · 08/11/2019 14:17

Our autistic son was at respite last night, and they take him straight to school the following morning. So far I've got the day off, we've had a lie-in, I've eaten a leisurely breakfast, we've mooched round shops (most noticeably a shop with breakables on display!), and we've had a chippy lunch. He'll be home in 90 minutes and the mayhem will start again Smile

Honeybee85 · 08/11/2019 14:18

I shouldn’t be eating MC Donalds as I still need to lose 3 kgs post partum weight.

But I did tonight Blush

wellaloevera · 08/11/2019 14:19

I've escaped my office and overly demanding boss to have a dump in peace and read MN. Happy friday Smile

Mandraki · 08/11/2019 14:21

I'm in bed eating my husbands Wispa bites instead of doing uni work.

FiveGoMadInDorset · 08/11/2019 14:25

Had to leave work as DC's school closed at 10 due to no water and no-one else to pick them up, so pottering and wearing my new kitten at the homent

BlackeyedSusan · 08/11/2019 14:25

More not doing what I should.. IE shopping and housework.

daffodilrosedaisy · 08/11/2019 14:27

I never normally do this but having such an unproductive day so I just painted my nails.. should be WFH

Spied · 08/11/2019 14:28

I've just finished work and come home to find dp who had a day off and I presumed would tidy around has had a sleep and done fuck all. So rather than do as I should and make a start before DC come home at 3 I've decided to sit here on my bed and silently fume contemplating doing nothing ever again...

LBOCS2 · 08/11/2019 14:30

I'm sitting watching Escape to the Chateau DIY on catch up and eating chocolate chips by the handful rather than doing... well, anything I should be. Washing up, laundry, tidying, assembling the second bookcase which has just been delivered... the list is long 😁

Apolloanddaphne · 08/11/2019 14:30

I'm making a shopping list, wiping down the kitchen and folding laundry which all seems very productive but I really ought to be writing a uni essay!

BiByeBaby · 08/11/2019 14:32

FiveGoMadInDorset wearing your new kitten??

I'm still in bed and should really be tidying and getting ready for a gig tonight and sorting food 😁

BustedDreams · 08/11/2019 14:37

Log burner on, cuppa in hand, watching trashy Christmas films on TV. Bliss Grin

PS ... nobody here to tell me I shouldn’t be doing this ^

DoctorMarten · 08/11/2019 14:39

Getting my eyebrows threaded!! Supposed to be doing my accounts.

Zaphodsotherhead · 08/11/2019 14:40

I'm on a deadline for a new book. I'm 60,000 words in so I reckon I'm due a rest - there's plenty of time. So I'm MNing on my laptop, with Come Dine with Me on the telly, We're just back from a nine mile run.

I will do ANYTHING rather than write atm. Hence the nine mile run. And the subsequent fluffy jammies and watching people argue over beef stew.

imclaustrophobicdarren · 08/11/2019 14:40

I've just put on a sweaty Betty outfit. I'm taking my kid to McDonald's in it Grin

NorthEndGal · 08/11/2019 14:42

I'm sat here with coffee and pulla, on mn, instead of folding laundry.

VioletCharlotte · 08/11/2019 14:42

Another one here who should be working from home but actually doing very little.

merryhouse · 08/11/2019 14:43

Eaten a huge amount of the not-quite-burnt bonfire toffee I made on Tuesday

Gingerninja01 · 08/11/2019 14:43

Had the hump so stopped off at McDonald’s on my way to do the food shop and ate a Big Mac meal in the car

Thornhill58 · 08/11/2019 14:44

I keep buying eBay stuff. It's like crack. I think only one more...

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