I will Survive!

Well, I made it to Friday and that in itself is quite an achievement. The week has left me feeling drained, and i suspect that all effected are feeling the same. I spent today, searching job sites, and applying for another job. There really haven't been very many that are suitable....should I panic now? At lunch time when i was in town, I bumped into an old colleague and she asked how I was doing. Oh I said, I was made redundant again. To which she replied - and you're still smiling??? Well yes, what else can I do? And lets face it, who is going to employ someone with red eyes and a snotty nose! I finally sat myself down this afternoon and did something I was hoping I would never have to do....apply for Job Seekers Allowance, but now is not the time to be proud, now is the time to find money to pay the bills!! On line application done, I guess I will have to wait for someone to call and summon me to the jolly old job centre. 

But today is Friday, and i am taking the week end off from being unemployed. For the next two days I just want to be me, I want two happy days with my lovely husband. Monday and the horrors of more job hunting will soon come around again. Along with the obsession of checking my phone and laptop every few minutes.

Thursday....unemployed....but still smiling!

Well I have come to the conclusion that i have a serious affliction.....Pollyanna-itis! A little known condition that renders the stricken with the inability to feel down. Surely having lost my job this week, and being in financial dire straits.....I should be down, depressed or just down right grumpy? But I'm not, I actually feel happy and positive. I am looking at this as an open doorway to new opportunities! This afternoon brought a phone call from the recruitment agency to say that the Uni were interested in interviewing me for a post. It is alas a one year fixed term contract, but apparently a good way to get a foot in the door. And at least I know this is only for a year, I'm not going to get the rug pulled out from under me next summer....I'll be prepared. The lady from the agency assures me its a lovely place to work, so fingers crossed!!! I already know the traffic is horrendous, cause its very near to where i was working up till Monday. Forewarned is forearmed!!

So, whilst delighted that I now at least have an interview lined up I am not being complacent. Two other jobs applied for, and tomorrow morning will find me checking the job sites again!

My life is full of good friends, amazing family, millions of wonderful memories that no one can ever take away from me....what's not to be positive about!!!

Diary of the unemployed - Days 2 & 3

Well i know this blog was supposed to be about our lovely week ends, but i thought i would go off on a tangent ....maybe just for a little while. This week has been pretty surreal, i woke up on Monday and Paul drove me into work. Not something he would usually do, but my car had gone into the garage for a service. It was otherwise like any other Monday, get to work, turn on my computer....think....I must have coffee!! And then you read an email that turns your world upside down and changes everything. Everyone is summoned to a mandatory meeting, and you know nothing good is going to come out of it. But still, when the doors open and two strange men in suits walk in ...you know its over. They may as well have had receiver written all over them in big black letters! But still you are forced to sit there and listen to them say the words you don't want to hear. And just like that your job is gone and you're left feeling shell shocked and lost. So what do you do next? Go home, curl up and give in....that's just not my style. I haven't cried yet, tho the tears may still come. I am devastated at losing my job, but probably more so at the thought of not seeing my wonderful colleagues again! 

So I am on day 2 of unemployment and determined to stay positive and just get out there and keep going. I've managed to get my CV updated and circulated, have signed up with two recruitment agencies and applied for a job.This morning was spent at Extra Personnel in Derby filling out what seemed like a million forms. But it needed to be done, because apparently they have an ideal job to put me forward for. So fingers crossed. When i finally left them, i decided to visit Kedleston Hall as its only up the road, and wouldn't cost me anything, a nice day to sit outside and read. It'll be wonderful i thought, till i got there and found the Hall completely closed to the public....boo hiss! There were people on the gates turning everyone away, but they did suggest a little garden centre up the road if i wanted to stop for tea. Why not i thought, so off i went. A cup of tea, in a very busy tea room (on a wednesday??) and then i literally took some time out to stop and smell the roses!

What will day 3 have in store for me......