Now this is how you send out a ‘boundaries’ email, a la Hanli:

Hi All Avo’s,

Sadly, I am not going to see you at Kudo’s this morning, but just know that I am there in spirit and that I am sending you good vibrations for the weekend! At the moment SAB is an all-consuming beast and Anabela and I are doing our best not to get eaten alive. It’s important for us to know that you guys are there for us when we need some Avo-lurve…

Someone else who needs some of your Avo-lurve is Vanessa. She has been to deepest, darkest Africa on a gruelling training mission and sounds exhausted. At the same time I have been harassing her relentlessly about work, because we are in the middle of delivering a training development project for SAB that is as big and scary as the NCA project.

Vanessa asked me to make an announcement at Kudo’s this morning to say that for the next two weeks she will have to put her head down and finish the SAB training curriculum, because after that she’s off to Cape Town to go get hitched.

So, please the Avo’s, could you be mindful of that and keep meetings / issues / interruptions that are not life / death to a minimum?

As soon as she gets back from Cape Town next week, I am locking her into a high tower (like princess rapunzel!) and only after she has spun me enough golden thread will I let her out to marry prince Gareth.

Beware! I am the wicked witch!