Friday was my last day at work. I was made redundant, which is very hard to not take personally when you’re the only person being paid to work there (we have lots of volunteers). I was replaced by someone who can work full time in a higher position, whilst I was only part time. So worries about money and bills aside, it was probably the kick in the butt that I needed as the job wasn’t ideal for my health and was very hard work. Don’t get me wrong, I loved the job and most of the people, but I’m not getting any younger and my body was saying Ahhhh Ahhhhhh. (Click for family fortunes noise!)
The silver lining in the mean time as I search for another job, hopefully part time, but full if I must. Is that I have more time to clean my house (urgh, my friends will tell you I hate cleaning), to spend with my fur family (yeay), work on my blog, website etc (get in) and to of course get some more writing done (hurrah).
I was hoping whilst I was working to get the book finished by the end of the year, but maybe it can be sooner. I suppose it depends on how long I have in between jobs, and if the new job is full time or not. I can’t write everyday, especially if I’ve been working or busy because of the fibromyalgia and CFS. Every while I need a day off, for extra sleep or just resting i.e. watching TV, reading, or more sleeping. I did try to write at least three days a week, but now I shall be able to write more. Though if I do have to get a full time job in the future, I may not be able to write much at all. I can’t write in the evenings after a days work because I’m usually too tired or in pain and trying to concentrate whilst in pain and feeling generally ill, is not ideal.
At the moment it’s been less than a week and the melancholy maybe hasn’t set in yet, but I am looking at the silver lining and getting down to business. Though today has been an admin day so far, hence me being here and I’ve set up a linktr.ee landing page. I’m probably a bit behind the times as ever, but I thought I’d give it a go as it can apparently be a great place to keep latest projects/blogs/news in one place so people can just click on what they want to see, rather than having to sift through pages of info that they are just not interested in. I’ll keep tabs on whether it’s doing me any good, but why not?
Next I am going to make myself some coffee, which means disturbing the cat, I’m sure he’ll forgive me, maybe not today, but eventually. He has taken to hiding behind the laptop and resting on my legs so I’ve given him a dog bed to sleep on (the dog is not pleased but she has others). Then I shall get some writing in, though the carpet does look like it needs hoovered!!
TTFN
Christine
Christine Robins 