Another post and another rose. At least I can grow a few roses. That’s a start isn’t it. A start is usually a good thing…. In this post today means yesterday thanks to WordPress refusing to post last night.
This morning I started looking at employment options. It looks like my job will get mothballed for many months. It’s so dependent on public and sporting events. Realistically these will not properly restart any time soon. So it looks like the sensible decision is to close the company down and then relook to launch again in 2021. Which leaves a decision to be made. As it’s a great fit with my single parent circumstances, do I try to survive on savings until it’s back again? Or do I find something different to either fill in the gap or completely change career path again. So today I today I started looking at available options. I have to say trying to find a job I can make fit round our Son is not easy. I really fell on my feet with this current role. Yes the money is not great but the flexibility is such a bonus. Today’s search just confirmed that. Couldn’t find one option which would work for us. Especially when you factor in the potential commitment to full time homeschooling. But I will keep looking.
“Dad not sure a Train Driver is a great idea. Even on tracks you would just end up getting lost.”
True…. what about a Zookeeper
“Dad your scared on spiders, snakes, wasps and parrots.”
Ok what about a librarian
“Your far too noisy and you can’t even put your own books away.”
Pants that’s true. What about a parking attendant. I would get a free hat.
“You are too nice, you would never hand out any tickets.”
What about a chef.
“Just NO.”
How about a window cleaner.
“Have you seen how dirty our windows are”
So after drawing a complete blank we headed outside to contemplate life, the universe and the state of our windows. There we heard a sound which we haven’t listened to since March. Horse Racing… Our nearest neighbour is a lovely elderly lady. I’ve known her for 18 years now. Over those years she has become increasingly frail and hard of hearing. Each year her TV volume needs to be turned up one extra setting. Definitely now turned to 11 on the 10 scale. Which is great as I can turn my music up just a little louder without fear of upsetting the neighbours. Not sure the quaint old village is quite ready for loud Mongolian Throat metal quite yet… Its certainly not something you hear from my neighbours TV.
She only watches one thing really. Horse Racing. Today Horse Racing restarted without crowds, in the UK and it’s most definitely on next door. That means my neighbour is happy. And that’s a good thing.
Good luck on the job hunting front. Take care.
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Thank you
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Lost your last comment Gary……….. it went into trash and when I tried to restore it, it deleted itself!
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It’s the anti Gary filter….
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ha! I’m sure it isn’t. I’m sorry I’ve lost it.
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People would pay good money for that.
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AW… Sweet about your neighbour. hey maybe she is a topnotch better on these gigis and you should ask her. I think train driver would be good if you could take your son along. Now that would be epic. Hope you get something. Really gonna be hard for people after this UNLESS of course you are involved in the many loopy gov created to not deal with this thing, job schemes. Maybe they will even introduce snitch on your neighbour. Alas yours don’t sound like she is up to doing too many ‘illegal’ things. But you never know. If she cuts you in on the proceeds… problem solved.
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That would be a nice money earner. The key is to be happy. The other stuff hopefully will fall into place. x
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That is the best way to tackle life.
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It so is.
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Hello bereavedsingledad. Do you have a decent computer? If so you might want to look into transcription services that work from home, or medical billing which can also be done from home. There are some date entry jobs that are done from home these days. I know of people who make good money doing the audio work for live streams, podcasts, and conference calls. Best wishes and good luck. Hugs
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Thank you sir.
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I hear that special adviser to the prime minister offers a lot of flexibility with regards childcare…
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Now that’s a job, I could work in Barnard Castle as well.
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I would hold fire on the job, horse racing, darts, snooker, football, golf and rugby are all coming back and while without crowds, knowing this government it will only be a matter of weeks before they start packing out places again. They have already started with beaches
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The problem is I don’t think we can deliver them safely. That kinda rules us out. The liability for government cock ups would pass to us.
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This is very true, but since they don’t seem to give a fig??
Although I think they are going to blame everyone but themselves. The public for going to the beach, the shielding for going out (but staying 2 meters apart) the poor for going back to to work and using public transport. The scientists for getting the science wrong. You name it they will blame them.
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Absolutely. It will be the scientists. It will be us. It will be the media. It will be Europe. But never them…
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Hopefully, when this is over the British public will demand answers from them. I doubt it, but I like to think it could happen
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I bet the get away with it.
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I am not sure on this one. I think people are starting to become angry, but then again as soon as they start mentioning Brexit it might all be forgotten
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I must admit I’ve never heard the country so polarised. Seems like we never have any middle ground anymore. That’s a recipe for trouble.
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It is, I am going to watch PMQ’a today and see what is said, especially because this is really the only time for see our part time PM
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What does he do. I see they have cancelled weekend press conferences. I wonder why…..
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Apparently its down to the viewing figures, but my guess is because they are running out of people to throw under the bus
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I guess Johnson is still steaming that he had to do one of them.
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Probably cause they would’t allow him to start drinking at 10am
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Could you learn tic-tac? Seriously, I can see this is a very difficult problem.
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It will be for many. I could try tic-tacking
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Good luck with the job hunting. It won’t be easy but you’re resourceful. I would contact the Swiss Tourst Office and explain the work you’ve done to make their country so appealing to visitors. See if you can continue the good work. Oh, and just don’t accept payment in Toblerone!
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I might just do that.
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I’ve dreaded thinking about returning to the workforce. In what capacity? What would I do? I have the same issue here too – flexibility. It seems to me, the flexible jobs don’t pay as much. It is so hard – wishing you the very best with your search!
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The flexibility is so hard to find. We can’t really make it work for us without it. Maybe one of us will come up with the perfect solution, eventually.
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I hope you’ll find a suitable job, ticking all the boxes.
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Fingers crossed
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My best wishes Gary.
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🙏 Thank you
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You’re welcome 😉
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😀
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🙏
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Maybe you could get a teaching credential? Make the government pay you to homeschool Son.
The roses made me smile but the happy neighbor made me smile bigger! 🌹🐎💌
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It’s good to smile. x
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Your son is a very good consultant. He takes care that you are not wasting time with the wrong options… lol! So, enjoy the horse race instead…hehe.
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It seems impossible for him to lie. Which is such a great trait. It’s kinda fun to listen to.
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I can imagine. A child talking so seriously is always special and you could always cuddle them since it is so cute.
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As ever you are so right.
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Just remembering some anecdotes of my own kids😊😊
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They always tend to be. 😀
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Totally 🤗
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Hope your smiling.
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You bet 😃
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Made me smile.
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Awesome!!
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🙏x
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You have my prayers about the money situation. Money matters are always stressful. Change and the unknowns aren’t easy either.
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They are but we are lucky. So many are in a much worse place. Money doesn’t guarantee happiness. So hope your in great form today.
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You are so right. Money doesn’t guarantee happiness, but I know that those concerns can cause some stress and anxiety, so prayers definitely can’t hurt. I am in average form today. Not too up and not too down. Hopeful would be a great word to describe my present form. ☺
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So wish you were better than average. Let’s hope tomorrow is wonderful for you. I really do appreciate your prayers. Yes money doesn’t buy happiness but not having enough can send you the other way so easily. It’s one less worry we all could do without.
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As horse racing has restarted and your son often likens you to a hobbit … you could be a jockey 😄
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Horses have issues with me. Police Horse pinched my mars bar. Exmore Ponies pinched my lunch. Horse in South Africa ate my T-shirt.
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🏇 no!
Writer? Actor? Gardener? Bin man?
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Big hobbit…
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Ballet dancer?
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Clearly…
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Circus artist? Tight rope?
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That’s me…
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I can see it now …
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That would raise a few eyebrows
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Aw, hooray for your neighbor’s happiness. And I know what you mean about flexibility. While looking for full-time employment is important for me, too, I get pretty darn worried about losing the flexibility substitute teaching gives. So far, I’m still part-time for the university with subbing eventually this fall (virtual or in-person, who knows?). I hope your search finds something useful online soon. I know you’re not a fan of the current administration, but is there a government agency hiring remote jobs?
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Thank you. I’m looking but nothing much so far. The flexibility is so important as you never can predict what the kids or school will throw at you. Have you ever thought or done, private one on one tuition? I have to be realistic that full time/work away from home stuff cannot happen for at least another 3 years. Just need to find a route through that period. The flexibility is great but the unpredictability of income is not so great. Keep smiling my friend.
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You keep smiling, too! I know, that flexibility feels like a must right now. One-on-one? Oy, as my kids will tell you, I can be a bit awful. 🙂 (Just as Blondie about me teaching her piano–NOT a fan). I’ll keep praying a door opens for you soon. xxxxxx
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Surely not. I could do with you to teach son the piano. It’s carnage on Garage Band at present. Thank you. Let’s hope we soon can talk, have a coffee and say – well that went brilliantly. xxxxxxxx
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I canNOT wait for that day!
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I so hope it does come. x
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I would like to hear Mongolian Throat Metal (or whichever order you said it)!!!
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ps: REALLY feel you on the job situation. I absolutely can’t figure out what to do. I’ve spent my life as a temp/contract but Calif has messed that up by requiring temps to be given benefits, like perms, and now C19 treatment must be paid by employers instead of insurance. There’s no longer any benefit to hiring temps, so no one is.
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Here the jobs have just dried up completely
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Ditto. I had a couple old potential offers resurface right before the C19 insurance change. Now they’re gone again.
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Looked today. Absolutely nothing.
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I can’t even look.
I finally figured out why I’m being inundated with Indian recruiter calls again… their US call centers have reopened after C19!! (Unemployed H1 Visa employees work in recruiting call centers till their next gig, so they don’t have to go back to India. They use Monster to find listings and call on single keyword matches. They have no inside track at firms… all cold calling.)
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We used to get a lot of that.
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It’s a foot tapper
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How about being an attendant at a horse farm where those race horses are kept? Son might like helping out.
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Sadly horses have issues with me. They tend to pick on me.
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