The Mask

Well, that was weird.

On my last day of bumdom, whilst waiting for my Ikea study furniture, I thought it would it would be a good idea to try a face mask. Well, for those blokes out there who haven't done it (I'm assuming you girls have) it is one hell of a weird experience. Like having your head in a condom... I guess. Like have it sucked by an elephant's trunk. Like having an alien try to suck your life force through your pores via an encapsulating goo. Like a giant fly has his proboscis attached to your camera-facing best. The thing they DON'T tell not to do is that you should avoid putting it on your eyebrows.

Luckily, the Ikea guys arrived after the mask was off. They ripped the shrink wrap off the sofa with the vigour of an animal in heat, installed it and left me within 5 minutes of having arrived, only then to find that there was a huge hole in the bottom of the sofa, and that the foot stool wasn't the right colour. I SWORE I would never buy Ikea stuff again. In fact, I think I've sworn that several times before. Damn, they're just so hard to say no to when you need to make a rapid furniture purchase. In this case, it was in order to avoid a domestic. Our designated study was 'requested' to be more comfortable so that we could both work in the comfort of air conditioning (without having to a/c the WHOLE house) and listen to the stereo (also a new purchase ). A request that was received via the suggestion box - admittedly some time ago.

In other news, I'm finally starting my new job on Monday. Head of Interactive. With a team of 6. My own team.... aaah! We're finally back on the wedding plans now too, which will mean some serious saving plans with it. Amidst this flurry of activity, Claire is thinking of quitting her job, which I would fully support morally. I would fully support it financially too. By choice! I would rather have her happy and healthy and paying for her to figure out what she wants to do over having her stressed, ill and unhappy. She's been working some CRAZY hours, and the ad industry isn't necessarily what she's looking for long-term. She's going through that unsure career patch that we all go through (I'm assuming) - so we'll see what happens.