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Day 53 - Mean Girl


Me: Hi Antonio! How's it going?
Antonio: Amaazing. Daryl and I have been having such a fun time.
Me: Hi Daryl! (Smoothing my hair down with my hands and feeling glad that I'd spent those four minutes on my make up)
Antonio: Wave to Daisy, Daryl.
Daryl: (Sauntering towards the screen in a white muscle-fit t shirt) How's it going, Daisy?
Me: Great. I'm great, Daryl! Did Antonio tell you about the new project?
My God, he's fit!
Daryl: Oh yeah. He's excited about it.
Fwoar!
Me: Well, he certainly is an enthusiastic kind of guy.
Daryl: He tells me it's a campaign for middle-aged women who've gone to shit over lockdown.
Me: Well, I wouldn't …..
Antonio: And Victoria wants Daisy to be the poster girl. Isn't that amaaazing?
Me: (Through gritted teeth) Well ….. not exactly the poster girl. I'm just ….. pulling it all together.
Daryl: Well done anyway.
Antonio: It's gonna be faaabulous!
Daryl: Anyway, better get the workout done. Nice seeing you, Daisy.
Me: Yeah. Same. Bye Daryl.
Antonio: (Calling after Daryl) See you soon baby. Work that booty!
Me: So ..... any idea where Olivia is? Is she joining us?
Antonio: It's strange.  I haven't heard from her at all since last week. I've called, messaged …..
Me: Me neither. Not since …… well, anyway …… perhaps she's running late. Shall we make a start? I was thinking that we could go with the before/after angle …..
Antonio: I'm a bit concerned, Daisy.
Me: Well, we could inject some humour into it.  I know we're moving away from our usual brand style, but under these circumstances, I think we should go with it. You know, it's more current.
Antonio: I meant about Olivia. She was really upset about what you said to her last week.
Me: You've spoken to her since that  meeting though?
Antonio: No. That's the thing. She excused herself straight after you left the meeting. I think she was crying, Daisy.
Bugger!
Me: Oh!
Antonio: You were harsh, Daisy.
Me: I suppose I just lost my patience. Perhaps I should try to contact her. I'll try later.
Antonio: You really lost your shit!
Me: Yes. Thank you, Antonio. I know that. We're all ….. well, most of us are under a lot of strain right now, you know.  Look, let's reschedule for next week. In the meantime, think ….. products for dark circles, breakouts ….. that sort of thing. Products that repair and rejuvenate.  I'll try to get hold of Olivia, yeah?
Antonio: Ok. Speak soon. Bye, Daisy.
Me: I'll work on some ideas for  ….. oh. Gone!

Text to Olivia:

 Hi. I feel bad about last week 😒 Can we talk?X

I really did! Olivia crying? I'd never imagined that it would affect her at all. Things just seemed to go over her head. It was one of the things that irritated me most about her. She was on my mind all day and I couldn't offload to the person I would normally moan to about work. Reasons to feel like shit today:

  •  Making Olivia cry
  •  Not speaking to my husband
  •  My daughter not speaking to me
  •  The big roll of flab getting in the way of my zipper this morning
  •  The bottomless laundry hamper
  •  Not feeling comfortable enough to venture out of my own front door and use my own garden
  •  The fact that I drank the last of the wine and ate nearly all of our biscuit supply, while I was feeling shitty yesterday
There was no response from Olivia all day. I'd try again tomorrow. She was probably trying to make some sort of point. If I knew Olivia, she wouldn't stay away for long. She loves that bloody job!😍

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