My workload has been really high recently so today I'm hidden away at home analysing group discussions and keeping away from the phone and email as much as possible.

My office at home is a fantastic place to work these days - I've recently had a reorganisation and now have a desk and a sofa (since emptying David's house we had some opportunities to improve our space here) so Archie thinks it's wonderful that while I'm working at my desk, he can be on the sofa either curled up snoozing or sitting watching the world go by out of the window.

With my wonderful VPN (thanks again, David) I can communicate with my colleagues as though I'm sitting at my desk as and when I need to. I usually pick up my emails 4-5 times a day and on one such log-in, I moved from the sofa (where I'd been reading transcripts) to my desk where my laptop was hooked up. I turned to go back to the sofa to continue to find Archie has got himself very cosily settled in my place and looked for all the world as though he was reading the transcripts too. Unusually I just happened to have my camera next to me so was able to capture the moment.

Sometimes that dog just seems too intelligent for words - scary!