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. 

Tuesday 30/08/2016

Really annoyed now.

I rang the number given to me (AGAIN)  and they were still busy. How's that for service!

I'm not going to waste any more time. So I emailed my local branch and explained what was happening; and that I couldn't get through and asked them to sign me off.

I haven't heard anything so watch this space. 

I've given them my details so hopefully, they will put that into practise. Then they can send me my P45 ready for when I start work. UGH!

Mood:               Annoyed

Enthusiasm:      Sometimes I despair!

Thought for the day.

It is not fit for publication

What's next?

Looking forward to starting work. Just one day to go. A little nervous but happy at the same time.

Annoyed

I am annoyed big time. I called the number the job centre gave me to finish my claim.

I went through all the options and then spent fifteen minutes listening to Green Sleeves and nobody picked up the phone.

So I rang again an hour later and spent another 15 minutes waiting. I put the phone down again as I had to go out.

Then, just before close, the same thing happened again. 

So it seems, they don't want to let me go and want to carry on paying me. Now, I have to ring up on Tuesday instead. UGH!

Annoyed. I've got to pay for that phone call. I should have phoned at the job centre, why they couldn't have done it when I signed on, I've no idea. Flip, flip and flip.

I want to use profanities. Thankfully, it didn't affect my day. 

Because I have a life!

Thursday 25/08/16

I signed on for the last time. Just got to ring them tomorrow to wind  things up.

Not sure how I feel, perhaps, after I've rung the job centre wind up team tomorrow, I may actually feel relieved?

Thought for the day

A boiled egg is hard to beat!

What's next?

Ummm

Wednesday 24/08/16

Tomorrow will be my last signing on day. Then on  Friday, I have to ring them up to say when I am starting work. No idea why I can't do it all tomorrow, but hey, who am I to question why.

As for this blog. I will be continuing it for a few weeks or months. Not really sure. Because you never know. lol

Monday 22/08/16

Job sites browsed:     Yes

Jobs applied for:        None

Mood:                        Strange, don't know how I'm feeling half the

                                   time.

Enthusiasm:               For job hunting, not much. For looking 

                                   forward to getting back to work, very 

                                   Enthusiastic.

Thought for the day

Don't worry if your ice-cream falls on the floor. You can get another one.

I'm ready now to get back to work, less than two weeks to go now.

I've looked at my wardrobe and my old work stuff is still ok. Besides, I bought myself some new tops a few weeks back.

There will be two training days first, so that will get me back into it. 

What's next

Need to top up my Maths and English knowledge and try and chill out, for really, there are a load of emotions going around in my head and some are eating away at the sensible part of my brain and all is not good. 

Friday 19/08/2016

Job hunting postponed for today, due to a lack of enthusiasm.

Thursday 18/08/2016

Job sites browsed:          A few

Jobs applied for:             0

Mood:                             OK

Enthusiasm:                    Good

I sighed on today. There were several people in the waiting room but none of us said hello. I caught a few people's eye but, usually  outgoing, even I didn't say hello.

It was as if we were all dreading signing on and were deep in thought. I was tempted to write a poem about it but didn't. 

Next week will be my last signing on date and the following day, I have to ring a number to say I will no longer be signing on. Efficient eh!  They are going to ' wind me up' at least I think that's what they said. lol

When you're in there, you listen but don't often hear. lol

Thought for the day

You never know what is around the corner, so it is always wise to wear a crash helmet and knee pads. Just in case.

Wednesday 17/08/2016

Websites browsed:          Yes

Jobs applied for:              0

Enthusiasm:                     Just want to stop looking for work now

Mood:                              Goodish

Thought for the day

Be grateful you don't live in a town called Titty Ho!

And be thankful you don't know where it is.

Have to sign on tomorrow and then discus when I have to sign off. Can't wait. This job hunting can really get you down sometimes.

What's next?

Sign on tomorrow

Need to tweak a few things regarding my new job that are still not settled, but should be sorted out over the next few days. I don't think there will be a problem, but we will see. 

Tuesday 16/08/16

Websites browsed:          Yes

Jobs applied for:              None

Mood:                              Not bad

Enthusiasm:                     6/10 the rest is hiding.

Cakes eaten:                    Should be 10 million but none. I had an

                                         ice-cream instead.

Olympic sports achieved:

Laptop armchair wrestling.

100 metre sprint towards the cake counter.

Laundry weight lifting.

Mountain climbing the stairs to bed.

Aiming rubbish at the bin.

Sausage and chip lift. Taking them out of the oven.

And later, it will be darts throwing. Commonly known as the javelin.

Thought for the day

Those who can, do,

and those who can't are called Sue.

What's next?

Still looking for part-time or seasonal work and enjoying the summer because there's only a couple of weeks until I'm back at work.

Monday 15/08/16

Websites browsed:          Several

Jobs applied for:              None

Mood:                              Good

Enthusiasm:                     Not great when you already have a job

                                         but still have to look or you don't get 

                                         any money. 

Thought for the day

Maybe if we all sit extremely still, Monday won't be able to see us.

I'm feeling a little bit nonplussed. Not 100% sure what it means and can't be bothered to look it up. lol

I need to eat some strawberries or something.

What's next?

Now that's a question.

                

Friday 12/08/2016  /  Saturday 13/08/16

Jobs applied for:          2 seasonal ones

Websites browsed:       loads

Mood:                          Great. Just went for a walk.

Enthusiasm:                 8/10

Weight:                         Stayed the same.  I have hovered around

                                     the same mark since March so really happy.

                                     At least I'm not putting it on. That's because

                                     despite what happened to me last year, 

                                     which is the past now, I'm getting my 

                                     life back on track. With or without a job.

Thought of the day

You never know what or who is around the corner. 

I'm really looking forward to starting my new job in September.

I've also gone back to writing again and I am almost ready to send my book off. In fact, I've been almost ready to send it off for the last few years. But at least I have my passion back. 

What's next?

I will still be searching for work, Just in case. lol

Mainly looking for part time seasonal work, but like I said before, there are only 3 weeks left off the summer and not much around.

Also, I need to update my skills and will soon have to revise a bit before I go back to work. I've a feeling that I won't be doing that for a few weeks. lol

                                     

Tuesday 09/08/16

 In a rush

Job hunting, nothing applied for.........Nothing out there.

Met my besties for lunch. Great afternoon.

Off to darts now and a few drinks. 

No messages on answer phone.

No post......nobody loves me.

I wonder if there is a job where you can waffle all the time; that would be perfect for me oh yea!

Monday 08/08/16

Websites browsed;          loads

Jobs applied for:             None

Job replies:                     One

Mood:                             The sun is shining so how can I not be in a

                                        good mood.

Enthusiasm:                    8/10

Weight:                            Not weighing until Friday, but not 

                                         looking too good.

Cakes eaten:                    1 really dry scone, which does not count.

                                         So I had to have a chocolate chip biscuit.

Thought for the day

Cakes are not a healthy option.................I know that!

A well known zoological park rang to ask if I was interested in a summer position. ( Answer phone)
I left a message on their answer phone to say that I have a job that starts in September but I would be happy to work their for the rest of the summer. Haven't heard back, so guess that's it. There's only about four weeks left of the summer!

Money would come in handy but I'm enjoying the summer now. 
I had a rejection letter from them a few weeks back, so, once again, I'm second best lol. 

A girl could get a complex lol

What's next?

More job hunting and need to revise my English and Maths.

05/08/16

Shattered, hot, bothered and lethargic.

Procrastinating. 

Have had enough of job searching for now.

Need to take a little break. 

Back again tomorrow or Monday. 

Good job I've got a job in September because, for today at least, I've just about had a gut full of searching for non existent jobs, or jobs where you never get any replies. 

So disrespectful when you've gone out of your way to apply and they don't have the decency to let you know.

Ok, enough said.

Thursday 04/08/2016

Jobs applied for:           None

Sites browsed:              A few

Mood:                           Good

Enthusiasm:                  Good

Cakes eaten:                  None.  Started to cut down eating so much,

                                       and now I'm just a moody so and so.

Thought of the day

Chocolate will always be there, hiding in the shadows.

Signed on today in a group session, not sure if it was called a job club, or a holiday club. If it was a holiday club, which I think it was, they obviously don't know the meaning of the word HOLIDAY!

I met a former colleague of mine. We or rather they, had a conversation with me. I'd love to relate it to the world but better not.

What's next?

I'm not doing any job hunting today, signing on is punishment enough for one day. I'll start again tomorrow. 

It's strange how my mood changed the minute I walked out of the job centre, still, only a few more weeks of signing on and then..............back to work, just wish I was starting next week. lol

Have a little niggling feeling at the back of my mind that things may not work out, but have no facts to back that up. Nerves I guess, plus, I wasn't their first choice, hopefully, I'll be their last choice. lol

Wednesday  03/08/2016

Job sites browsed:          Loads

Jobs applied for:             o

Leads:                             Not really

Signing on:                     Tomorrow, oh joy!

Mood:                              Goodish

Enthusiasm:                     Good

Weight:                            Back to weight I was last month. Not put

                                        on then and none off. But on a diet now.

                                        Want to lose 2 pound by next Friday, don't

                                         want to go silly lol. Just being realistic lol

Thought of the day

'You can't have everything... where would you put it?'

Steven Wright

I have been looking for some seasonal work but don't get any replies. It's hard in the real world. lol

My son has gone back home so that's not cool, but seeing him again in September;  just before he's back in uni.

What's next?

Signing on tomorrow. I cannot express in words just how much that excites me, although there is one word I could use. But I won't. 

Ooops I seemed to have missed a day.  Probably because my son is home from uni for a couple of days. Just a few days but just glad to see him.

Tuesday 02/08/16

Websites browsed:          Loads

Jobs applied for:             1........just.  No! I'm not going to say it.

leads:                               0

Mood:                              Good. How can it not be when all my

                                         family are under the same roof.

Enthusiasm:                     Good

Weather:                           Rain, rain, fog, fog, and more rain.

Cakes eaten:                     None, but had a bounty bar, hadn't had 

                                         one of those in years. Yummy

Thought of the day

You don't have to have that last chocolate biscuit, that last piece of cake. But remember, if you don't have it, somebody else will. So get in there fast.

Feeling in a great mood today. My son is home for three days so spending as much time as possible with him.

Work wise. I have to admit, I have some very small reservations about travelling to my new job in September. It's only 35-45 minutes away depending on which way I go. But it's other people, when they say, ' Oh that's a long way.'

I've travelled up there 3 times in one week in July and felt it was OK. I think it is just nerves. Somebody told me once, that it is easy to talk yourself out of something then it is to go for it. They may be right. 

At the end of the day, it is just nerves really. I am looking forward to working in the classroom again. 

Also, I will have a week or two off every six weeks or so, even two, so there will be a break from driving. 

Looking at my post, it looks like I'm trying to convince myself to do it, when really, I don't need any convincing at all. Do I?  lol

Sunday 31/07/16

Websites browsed:          A few

Jobs applied for:              1  Just in case... again.

Mood:                              Good

Enthusiasm:                     Good

Cakes eaten:                     Just one

Thought for the day

' I cook with wine, sometimes I even add it to food.'

W.C Fields

I must be mad, looking for a job on a Sunday!

Once again, I'm still applying for work, even though I have a job that starts in September because, what if it fell through?

What next?

 Still looking for work..............just in case.

It's getting to be a joke now isn't it. lol

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Thursday 28/07/2016

Websites browsed:           Several

Jobs applied for:              One  Still just in case. lol

Mood:                              Not sure. I'm not bored, worried or fretful.

                                         Not happy or sad, not indifferent either.

                                         So I'll go for undecided lol 

Enthusiasm:                      Not as good as it should be.

Cakes eaten:                      Had a coffee and cake with my son 

                                           before food shopping and had a great

                                           banana cake and no! I don't feel 

                                           guilty, after all, it had banana in it.

Thought for the day

Banana cake, fruit cake, date cake and carrot cake. 

Who said cake wasn't healthy? 

What's next?

Looking for more jobs, just in case. Getting fed up with saying that now. lol

My police check came through, so that's dotted one i. Now waiting for the medical report and fingers crossed, that will be sorted out in the next few weeks. 

So things are looking up and hopefully, when everything is sorted, I can look forward to going back to work and enjoy the summer hols.

Not that I'm not enjoying them now.

Wednesday 27/07/16

Jobs applied for:          One. Just in case, just in case of what? I'm

                                     not really sure now. lol

Leads:                           None

Mood:                           Not bad

Enthusiasm:                  Good

Cakes eaten:                  One small slice of coffee swiss  roll. Yum!

Weight:                          Scales were broken again! How lucky am I.

Thought of the day

If barbie is so popular, why do we have to buy her friends?

anon

My disclosure form came through today, so half way there.

Feeling in a great mood today. I did my job search online and now I am chilling because I've had a hectic few days.  

I might do some poetry.

I might write some more of my book.

I might test my English and Numeracy skills.

I might play a few games.

I will eat half a punnet of strawberries. 

Tuesday 27/07/2016

I've lost a little interest in all my blogs. I don't seem to be as enthusiastic as I once was. It may be because it is summer and I'm getting out more. Or it may be because I have a job in September, provided certain things are sorted out, which they seem to be.

Or it maybe because I have nothing interesting to say. No! It can't be that, because I've got away with talking nonsense so far. lol

It may be because I feel more settled.

I don't know. I could go on maybe this, or maybe that forever. 

Maybe I've finally got a life.

But I know one thing for sure. I haven't stopped waffling on, as you can see.

Thought for the day.

Definition of Waffling

Speak or write at length in a vague or trivial manner.

Yes, that's me! lol

Friday 22/07/16

Jobs applied for:          One, just in case.

Leads:                          ?

Mood:                          Great, we are going to meet family from

                                     London later.

Enthusiasm:                  Not feeling enthused.

Cakes eaten:                 None, but it's still early.

Thought for the day:

History................here today, gone tomorrow.

What's next

Need to eat something small and sweet.

looking for work, because you always need a plan C.

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Wednesday 20/07/2016

Jobs applied for:          0

Leads:                          2

Mood:                          Not sure if I am moody or bored. 

Enthusiasm:                 Waning a little, but that may have

                                      something to do with me having to

                                      run around a lot for this job.

Goodies eaten:              Oh yes!  Which is another reason I feel

                                      a little fed up. I need to do some exercise.

Thought for the day:

Pumpkin.............why?

What's next?

Probably start looking for another job just in case this one falls through. There is no reason it should, but life is a strange thing.

Tuesday   19/07/2016

Jobs applied for:          0

Leads:                          1

Mood:                          Very good

Enthusiasm:                 8/10

Thought for the day

' Always remember that you are absolutely unique. Just like everyone else.'

Margaret Mead

Plan A is looking good at the moment, won't know if I have made any headway for a week.

What next?

Look for work until I know for sure if I am working in September, which looks very likely.

Monday  18/07/2016

Had a great morning with the children I am working with in September.

But it's not all plain sailing. There is a sticking point that needs to be ironed out before I can work there. Nothing serious and something which will be sorted out soon. But it needs to be addressed, sooner rather than later.

But I have an action plan in place in order to just that. Hopefully, it will all be sorted out in a few weeks. If not, then I will have to put plan B in action, which basically means, I will scream, shout and make such a fuss that they will not know what has hit them. 

Just joking.

What's next?

Continue with plan A.

Look for summer work.

Sunday 17/07/2016

Feeling, apprehensive and excited at the same time.

Saturday 16/07/2016

I am popping to my new place of work on Monday. before they finish for the summer and I have to admit, I have the butterflies.

It's only for a morning and I'm sure it will be just fine, but still, it doesn't stop me worrying.

I'm not stressed, these are natural nerves.

I may have to get my colouring out to keep me calm.

But at the same time, I am really looking forward to it. 

It's just two sleeps away. lol

Friday   15/07/2016

Jobs applied for:          1

Websites browsed:       loads

Leads:                          1

Mood:                          Uplifted

Enthusiasm:                 8/10

Cakes eaten:                 None, but I made up for it with ice-cream 

                                      and chocolate.

Tops bought:                 Four this week.

Thought of the day

Oranges, lemons, limes and grapefruit.

It's best to go down that route.

Because it's summer and you have to get into that swimsuit.

What's next?

More job hunting etc, etc, etc.

More cake eating. (Sadly)

More chocolate being consumed. ( Tut Tut)

And it seems, a lot more weight watching.