Holy hell it's hot out there today *phew* Doesn't it realise that Snowball's melt in the hot sun 
Job situation
I finish work a week today. And right now, I can't wait. I had my "exit interview" given to me today. So, I've made sure I've aired my grievances on it, seeing as it gets posted by me direct to Head Office in Leicester. I've sung my bosses praises, because in all fairness he did what he could to try and get me to stay, it was the store manager who was being the dickhead over it all. I've also made a point of mentioning that I hope the rest of the staff are kept to the store contracted hours from now on, seeing how a couple of them are seemingly able to chop and change their hours when it suits them, otherwise I will see it as a case for unfair dismissal (even though I resigned and didn't actually get dismissed). Will be interesting to see if Head Office follow up on that.
But moving on, I have a registration interview with a job agency on Friday morning and she is very positive about being able to find me a job. I registered online with them over the weekend for some jobs that sounded interesting to me, and as soon as I turned on my email and phone this afternoon, there were messages saying "Please call us, we would like to arrange a meeting to discuss possible opportunities".
So, it looks like I could very well end up back in the sector where I was before I had my kids. Back in a finance office somewhere. Which means I need to sort out childcare, BUT I've found a childminder who charges very, very reasonable rates, and the money I would earn full-time would MORE than compensate having to pay her in the school holidays. AND I wouldn't have to work weekends, OR bank holidays ever again.
Maybe this will all actually be a blessing in disguise. Although I have been out of a finance and office environment for over 5 years now, so it will be a little struggle getting back into it all again. My brain may be too dead to cope with numbers again
So, keep everything crossed for me that I will be back to earning a decent wage very soon. If I can, then I envisage my debt being wiped out by the New Year
Which in turn will mean that I will be able to afford more trips and *gasp* maybe a family holiday next year 
Seeing as we haven't had a family holiday in about 4 years, I think we'll deserve one by then!
Another thing is that I will have to do some clothes shopping. I have NO interview attire at all. My current position allows me the luxury of wearing jeans and trainers Guess I may be using my discount card for the final time this week, buying suits and blouses!
London
11 days and I'm back Going to have a lot of fun Eels gig on 23rd and Sky's party the next night.
Only
might be that there is a rail strike planned for the very day I travel home now! Oh well, guess I'll just wait and see what happens when I turn up at Paddington
Random
10. Life is sexually transmitted
9. Good health is merely the slowest possible rate at which one can die
8. Men have 2 emotions - Hungry and horny. If you see one without and erection, make him a sandwich
7. Give a person a fish and you feed them for a day; teach a person how to use the internet and they won't bother you for weeks
6. Some people are like a Slinky... Not really good for anything, but you still can't help but smile when you shove them down the stairs
5. Health freaks are going to feel stupid someday, lying in hospitals dying of nothing
4. All of us could take a lesson from the weather, it pays no attention to critisism
3. Why does a slight tax increase cost you 50 and a substantial tax cut saves you 50p?
2. In the 60's, people took LSD to make the world weird. Now the world is weird and people take prozac to make it normal
1. We know exactly where any untaxed car is located amongst the millions of cars on Britain... But we haven't a clue as to where thousands of illegal immigrants, terrorists and released foreign criminals are located. Perhaps we should put the DVLA in charge of immigration...
Love you all
Michelle xx
Job situation
I finish work a week today. And right now, I can't wait. I had my "exit interview" given to me today. So, I've made sure I've aired my grievances on it, seeing as it gets posted by me direct to Head Office in Leicester. I've sung my bosses praises, because in all fairness he did what he could to try and get me to stay, it was the store manager who was being the dickhead over it all. I've also made a point of mentioning that I hope the rest of the staff are kept to the store contracted hours from now on, seeing how a couple of them are seemingly able to chop and change their hours when it suits them, otherwise I will see it as a case for unfair dismissal (even though I resigned and didn't actually get dismissed). Will be interesting to see if Head Office follow up on that.
But moving on, I have a registration interview with a job agency on Friday morning and she is very positive about being able to find me a job. I registered online with them over the weekend for some jobs that sounded interesting to me, and as soon as I turned on my email and phone this afternoon, there were messages saying "Please call us, we would like to arrange a meeting to discuss possible opportunities".
So, it looks like I could very well end up back in the sector where I was before I had my kids. Back in a finance office somewhere. Which means I need to sort out childcare, BUT I've found a childminder who charges very, very reasonable rates, and the money I would earn full-time would MORE than compensate having to pay her in the school holidays. AND I wouldn't have to work weekends, OR bank holidays ever again.
Maybe this will all actually be a blessing in disguise. Although I have been out of a finance and office environment for over 5 years now, so it will be a little struggle getting back into it all again. My brain may be too dead to cope with numbers again
So, keep everything crossed for me that I will be back to earning a decent wage very soon. If I can, then I envisage my debt being wiped out by the New Year
Which in turn will mean that I will be able to afford more trips and *gasp* maybe a family holiday next year Seeing as we haven't had a family holiday in about 4 years, I think we'll deserve one by then!Another thing is that I will have to do some clothes shopping. I have NO interview attire at all. My current position allows me the luxury of wearing jeans and trainers
Guess I may be using my discount card for the final time this week, buying suits and blouses!London
11 days and I'm back
Going to have a lot of fun Eels gig on 23rd and Sky's party the next night.Only
might be that there is a rail strike planned for the very day I travel home now! Oh well, guess I'll just wait and see what happens when I turn up at Paddington Random
10. Life is sexually transmitted
9. Good health is merely the slowest possible rate at which one can die
8. Men have 2 emotions - Hungry and horny. If you see one without and erection, make him a sandwich
7. Give a person a fish and you feed them for a day; teach a person how to use the internet and they won't bother you for weeks
6. Some people are like a Slinky... Not really good for anything, but you still can't help but smile when you shove them down the stairs
5. Health freaks are going to feel stupid someday, lying in hospitals dying of nothing
4. All of us could take a lesson from the weather, it pays no attention to critisism
3. Why does a slight tax increase cost you 50 and a substantial tax cut saves you 50p?
2. In the 60's, people took LSD to make the world weird. Now the world is weird and people take prozac to make it normal
1. We know exactly where any untaxed car is located amongst the millions of cars on Britain... But we haven't a clue as to where thousands of illegal immigrants, terrorists and released foreign criminals are located. Perhaps we should put the DVLA in charge of immigration...
Love you all
Michelle xx
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I got ur package! It was a Great surprise! Made me grin all day. I have started work on a reply!
Will see you at Sky's do!