I finished making notes on the last consultation and sat back in the chair and stretched out. I was feeling a little sore from playing beach volley ball the other day on the sands of Bondi Beach. It had been a good day and the sounds of the surf and the screeches of the seagulls fighting over morsels of food on the hot sands was resounding in my head. It had been a busy year, and the afternoon on the beach with friends and been a welcome relief to the mundane day to day existence I seemed to be leading of late.
As I leaned back in the soft leather swivel chair I had purchased from an Auction House that sold shop display goods and ex display home furniture I pondered my life and the direction it was heading. As I swung the chair round to check the time on the old Siemens clock I had bargained for and got for a steal at the garage sale in the next street to where lived, I was brought back to reality by sound of files knocked onto the floor by the backrest of the chair.
I picked them up and checked the computer screen for the name and details of the next person. The next diversion of the day. Perhaps my mood would improve and the day would improve and I would not be sitting here counting the minutes and scrutinising my fingernails for dirt or doodling meaningless scribbles and pretending they were code or Egyptian Hieroglyphs. I wonder what it would be like to break into a pyramid and find Mummies, Jewels and other ancient artifacts?
Sharon, the computer said. Interesting. I got up out of my chair and adjusted my clothes. I stepped out of the room and called out, "Sharon". Out of the corner of my eye I saw a person get up out of their seat, and out of habit stepped back slightly into the door way of the office. As I saw her moving towards my direction, I opened the doorway wider and more invitingly and sat back in front of my computer so that I could see what was on the screen. "Come in", I said, as I saw her out of the corner of my eye, entering the room. She shut the door and walked over towards me.
As I turned my swivel chair in her direction watched in fascination as she turned and sat down. My eyes traversed her from the classy black high heels that were stiletto and supporting shoes that had been hand crafted, upwards admiring her stocking-ed legs, to her dress. Totally inappropriate, but I had been caught out. As she sat down and smoothed her mini skirt and tucked it lightly between her legs so that I could not look up it. This was not going right at all. My professionalism was not there today.
I was thinking of yesterday evening. We had only ourselves in the house, and had been snacking on Potato Crisps, and dip. We had then had opened the caviar which I had purchased on a whim, and had been dipping thin crispy biscuits in and washing it down with a Sparkling Wine from Debortoli's Winery. I had purchased that wine some months ago, whilst driving through the Yarra Valley, on an Autumn afternoon. I remember that the vineyards looked splendid in the late afternoon sun, making the leaves on the vines look even more golden.