Alison, you're right and in the past I have been very upfront with her... Going to try the discussion of pros v cons as well. I get very time conscious and she can rabbit on a little bit (I'm a bit of a 'get to the point' kind of guy) which could be the down side... + she leaves these tasks towards the end of the hour which doesn't give a lot of room for manoeuvre... Will have to give this some thought.

Part of the frustration is that I seem to fluctuate between 2 states (very calm and quick thinking vs confused thrashing about in my mind)... So it's a bit of a rocky road.

Can only apologise for my erratic posting style.