new cat on the block
Tonight I finished sewing up this lovely new cat - soon to fly off to Melbourne for a little girl who has just turned two. Happy Birthday Maya!
I haven’t sewn any new toys for ages and I am itching to get back to it but other things (like paid orders!) keep getting in the way. One thing that is sure to get in the way of making things is…
I got a job! A part-time one, that is.
To be honest, I don’t really want to go out to work but financially I do need to. My husband has a good income but with three kids and a wife with a craft habit to support, we just keep running out. He gets paid monthly which means that the last week or two of the month is a real struggle, and the bills just keep piling up. For the last six months, we have had to keep scrounging around the house for things to sell (my old saxaphone, books, records, clothes, small appliances, all our shares) just to get by. So my new part-time job - which pays weekly - will be a real help.
It is scary though. It has been over five years since I have been in the workforce. Sure, I have run my own little business here for three years and I have worked at the markets selling my wares, but it will be strange to have a boss again, even though she seems really nice. I was amazed and happy to get the first job that I went for! It will be about 5 hours a day, 3 days a week and I will be a sales assistant in a well-known bakery chain.
(intermission - Maya’s new cat hanging out with Jack’s cat)
I was supposed to go in this afternoon for a 2 hour trial (just a formality really) but it turns out that someone left a “device” at the shopping centre this morning and the whole place was evacuated and locked down all day. My new boss called me this evening, very apologetic, saying that she tried to talk the police into letting her back in to get my phonenumber so that she could let me know what was happening but they wouldn’t let her!  So my trial will be on Friday afternoon now, barring acts of God or terrorism!
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Love, love, love the cats! Adorable. Good luck w/the new gig.
My hubby gets paid monthly too (our only income) it is such a pain. we are always flat broke in the last week and a half of every month, so i understand what your going through. Good luck with the new job
Love the cats too.
hope you will like the new job, your colleagues and your boss.
sure, it´s hard to start again - but… somehow it will work out fine.
i have two (small) jobs just to make a living. without me working we couldn´t afford a house or going on vacation, though dh has a “good” job, measured on others.
i´m sure you´ll like it with time, you seem to be a positive and kind person. you could sell a fridge to an eskimo.
plus it´s a reason to get out of the house, at least. seeing other people… maybe that´s a positive aspect (besides the money).
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