I am plagued. I have things I need to do but no matter how hard I try to do them, I am having no luck. I've been trying to write this blog for ages, but every time I make a start, somebody does their level best to stop me.

I also have some work things I need to do, but coming to work doesn't seem to help. As soon as I start anything, somebody is knocking on the door asking me to do something menial or irrelevant. There is no peace. I am going mad with the constant noise of life. I tried putting a sign on the door once saying "Please do not disturb - I am very busy." but some people completely ignored this and just waltzed on in anyway. Yesterday, I was eating my lunch in my office, the door was shut and I had heaphones on. To anyone outside who would be able to see me through the glass it should be perfectly obvious that I wasn't hoping for somebody to come waltzing in and start talking to me about something which was in no way urgent, pressing or even important. GO AWAY!

In two days time it will all change for a bit. The Easter holidays begin and for a short while at least I won't have armies of students knocking at my door asking for an extra mark on their assignment or other colleagues asking me to check this, do that and whatever else.

If you can't tell, I am really cheesed off. All I want is for the next time somebody is in my general vicinity that they just leave me alone. I don't mind them being here, but I don't want them attracting my attention. Let my mind have some stillness - just for a little while.

Try the video with heaphones on - that's more like it.