Category Archives: Work

Turning A Corner

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Although in the end it turned into a bit of shambles, my time volunteering at the school seems to have done me a lot of good. I’m more confident than I was and it seems to have brought a part of my brain out of hibernation. I now feel like I’m a) ready and b) really keen to get back into work full time. I blogged about this before, I’ve not been sure what to do because I want another baby and don’t want to stop and start too much. But we’re not going to be having another baby in the next year, or even trying, so I reckon I’ve … Continue reading →

The Basket That Didn’t Exist

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This post is kind of over due and a few of you will have seen me harping on about it on twitter, but I feel like I need to get it blogged and have the full story on here as its bloody long & complicated to try and explain in a tweet. In November, I received a Facebook message from the head of department in a school I did some work experience at in 2011, asking me if I was working and saying that although she couldn’t say too much at this stage there may be an opportunity coming up that she thought I’d be perfect for- would I be … Continue reading →

Changing

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I think I need a new job. I’ve worked part time in pubs and restaurants on and off for the last 11 years, I’ve done bar work since I was 18. Fair to say it’s starting to get me down. Some of you who follow me on twitter were kind enough to help me last week when I was in work and had a … well I’m not really sure what to call it. A blip? I was working and surrounded by people I like and who like me, and a couple of hundred strangers out enjoying their Saturday nights. And for some reason, that black cloud rolled over me. … Continue reading →

I Am Not Kat Moon.

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Attitudes have changed in the office but not in a pub. That’s where you see what they really think is ok. We’re meant to have moved forward, become more civilised in the way we treat one another, certain language and behaviour where we work- or anywhere for that matter- is no longer considered acceptable. Sure. In that case, I would invite you to go and work a busy Saturday night in your local pub as a young woman in her twenties. For I can tell you from experience that in that particular environment, the attitude that people being arrogant, sexist, rude, derogatory and condescending is still not only alive and … Continue reading →

Overwhelmed

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Today G and I took Chops to look around a nursery. Our first choice is now taking places for entry in September 2013 so off we went to take a look and start the process of getting her name down. The visit went well, but it has left my head kind of swimming. Chops is 3 in April, so will get her 15 hours government funding from September. Once she’s in nursery, I plan to either return to full time work or embark upon my PGCE Qualification. That in itself is a huge decision and whenever I start to really think about it, I start to go cross eyed, I … Continue reading →