Employment Awaits...

Here's a picture of a cafe in Venice, which is a place I would like to visit one day. Having no job and no hope of one was so depressing, thinking that I could never realise any of my dreams, but on Friday afternoon, I had a phone call to say that I have got a job at last!
I don't think it's sunk in properly yet and of course, it's subject to my references being ok, etc. But I HAVE A JOB!! 
I am going to save up firstly to go on a cheap sunshiney break, probably in Spain. I need sunshine and relaxation! Then I'll start my little nest-egg for that special holiday. I said I'd do it eventually (Kev) and now I can look to the future a lot more.



















Also, here's the piece that I made for Cindy in the USA. It was a challenge on https://www.facebook.com/groups/mixedmediaart/
I really enjoyed doing this, though it was fiddly to do. I'm looking forward to getting the one she's made for me now.

Interview Day

Recently had a group interview at Pets@Home. Was a bit weird to say the least! I knew it was all going to go down the pan when I was given a sticky label for a name badge and told to go and sit down on a dog bed. And it just became stranger and stranger...
Didn't get that job and I'm quite glad in a way, considering that (as per last post), I suddenly remembered that I don't like things that scurry about, like mice and hamsters. How could I not remember that until after the interview??

My next foray into the world of interviews was at our local hospital. I was asked about previous jobs and I know that my cv isn't exactly wonderful and that there are GAPS.  These are a BAD THING.
My gaps were because I had two boys who I brought up (mostly) alone and then because I had an old-fashioned husband who wanted me to be at home (I didn't argue about it for quite a while!).
So, downhill we went again, nervousness not allowing me to explain it properly.

Tonight, I heard from a friend that there may be a hotel job available. Chambermaid-ing that is. Well I've done it before and after being out of work for almost a year, I would shovel s+++ for money, the way I feel right now. So hold the post, I may be actually earning some money soon, not 'scrounging' it from tax payers as the press like to tell us these days....

New pages...

I've completed some more journal pages...

This one is in a different style, from Mystele Kirkeeng's little glimpses studio

And the second one is based on one of Tamara's (willowing) paintings. I like the moon!

The weather is lousy today, raining very heavily at the moment, I will be walking to work in that later, but I quite enjoy walking in the rain as long as I'm dressed appropriately of course. It's the time of day when I have a GOOD THINK and maybe work out a problem or just let thoughts wander through my head in a lazy fashion. Money is tight at the moment so that's usually what the thoughts are about these days. Finding a job which suits me and my needs seems to be unattainable at the moment and I don't know what to do about it. Usually, if a problem is hard to solve, I do nothing until it solves itself one way or another, it's not lazy, just that if I can't find a solution, then I think I should wait for one to present itself...fate and all that? This one has me stumped though, it's been going on for months and I see no end in sight.

My depression and anxiety stop me having the confidence to go for goals that I want to go for or think I should go for. It's crippling at times, but now the need for extra money in the pot is weighing heavily on me and I don't know which way to turn. What to do??