Top 10 Perils of the Home Office

Peril 1
A 1 litre tub of Ben&Jerry's Chocolate Therapy waiting in ambush in the freezer, just above the super-healthy grapefruit

Peril 2
The feather pillows laying seductively on the sun-warmed bed

Peril 3
Daytime television from a choice of just 4 basic channels (why is it harder to switch off from limited crap viewing than it is to switch off from almost unlimited crap viewing?)

Peril 4
Endless endless cups of hot chocolate made exactly the way I like it...hot, chocolatey, sweet and big :)

Peril 5
Landline/Internet/mobile phone/smoke signals from balcony...all forms of contact with outside world that may prove much more interesting than workload

Peril 6
Sunnyness outside. Energy inside. Leading to runningness in parks. And nothingness achieved. Which I guess is perfection.

Peril 7
DVD player with boyfriend's collection of mostly unseen-by-me DVDs

Peril 8
Unfinished DIY that in extreme circumstances can seem more appealing than workload

Peril 9
Unfinished housework that you might imagine will give you a feeling of achievement and completion but will actually just make you smell like a dishcloth and realise everything's dirty, not just the bits you've cleaned around...

Peril 10
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