Has someone declared war on us?

I had one of those automated voice phone calls in work today.

'This is not an advertisement. Please don't put down the phone.'

Just as I was putting down the phone, the last thing I heard was, 'This is a public service announcement.'

Then I spent the next ten minutes wondering if I should have listened and if war could have been declared and whether the government would use a phone call to tell people if it had.

Then I made a cup of tea and forgot about it.

I didn't have a lot of admin-type work to do so decided to get on with the clear-out. I need counselling. I had to keep telling myself: you're the administrator; you're in charge; you don't have to ask Janet if you can throw that away; Janet doesn't work here any more; you can do this.

And if we haven't used something for six years we're not likely to need it now.

Until next week.