6/4/2017

Good news, I'm staying on at work because I got offered a job there in September, for more hours and more money than I asked for. Cool

April 1st 2017

This is not an April fools stunt. lol

Jobs applied for          None

Jobs looked for           Yes

Cakes eaten                Plenty

Chocolate eaten          Oh yes!

Weight                        The same

Mood                          Good, since I am getting over the flu

Thought for the day:

Thank heavens air is free.

Update on work position.

Crunch time for me. My job finishes at the end of July and we have had a conversation regarding money and more hours for next year. 

I will know the outcome after Easter, once the budgets have been set.

Either way, I'll be happy. If I'm still there in September, cool. If not, I won't have to drive all that way to work which is cool too.

The decision is out of my hands now and I can relax. 

Dear Followers

Thank you for following my blog. It has been really helpful to write down my feelings and get things off my chest. 

I hope that perhaps, in a small way, it may have helped others in the same position as myself. 

I have been fortunate enough to find a job and so this blog seems to have come to a natural end.

So thank you once again, and I wish everyone all the very best in the future.

I have a one year contract and hopefully, when it ends, I will be able to go straight into another job, if not....................See you next July

Sue x

Sunday 11/09/16

I've just come back from a mini weekend break and I feel so relaxed.

I was a little bit annoyed with the job centre; having lost nearly two weeks benefits money. Which would have come in useful as I don't get paid until the end of the month.

I did everything I was asked to do. I signed on a week early, like they asked me too and then when I sighed off, I was told that according to their records I'd missed a week signing on and was not entitled to the money. It was the day I started work. 

But if I rang my consultant she would put it right. I really couldn't be bothered; by then I'd had enough of hanging on the phone for 15 minutes at a time and not getting through. It will be interesting to see what my phone bill will be like at the end of the month. 

As for the job, at the moment, although it's only been a week, I love it.  

05/09/2016

Feeling a little annoyed. I tried several times to sign off by phone but with no success. Having spent two days on and off trying to get through (at 15 minutes a time) I decided to email my local Job centre to ask them to sign me off too. Yet again, I have had no reply.

So it seems that I won't be getting the last of my money because I can't sign off. I'm going to have to ring them in the next two weeks to ask them for my P45. I'm now wondering how long that will take. It's a shame, because the money would have come in handy for my petrol. I've just signed off and I'm already out of pocket. No wonder people stay on the dole. 

Now for the positives. Fresh term today. I must admit, I was extremely nervous and although I've been in education for a long time now, I felt all fingers and thumbs for the first part of the lesson. But after doing playground duty, I started to relax. Hope it continues that way. 

I have no idea why I was so nervous, the pupils and staff are all very helpful. I guess it's because I've never had to prove myself before. It's a completely fresh start for me.  

Saturday 03/09/2016

Had another good training day yesterday, but real test will be when the children are back on Monday. 

I'm looking forward to making a difference.

But I'm already starting to amend my CV ready for next year lol. I guess it's become a habit now lol.

Travelling OK, so far.

Also, five weeks after the deadline, I got an interview for a job that I probably would have considered. But it's too late now! It's strange, if I believed in fate, I'd think that fate has veered me towards the school I am in. Because another job interview I was asked too, fell on the day I had to go and visit my new school. But that's if I believed in that sort of thing. lol

But I am happy where I am. So really, none of that matters. 

Thought for the day

Opportunity does not knock, it presents itself when you beat down the door.

Kyle Chandler

What's the next?

Taking one day at a time and doing the best job I can.

Friday  01/09/2916

I mean it's Thursday lol.  Is that a fraudulent slip?

Started work today. The journey was good, but I wonder if I will be saying that at the end of the first term?

Training day tomorrow and then children back in school on Monday.

Enjoyed meeting the staff and getting to know the school.