Just sitting around while the world moves on

Recently, I spent a long time on the couch. I was supposedly resting and recovering from my former workplace. I also spent significant amounts of time hanging out in car parks near the place of further education my youngest started attending this year. Why? you may ask. Well, the Youngest is a complex kid. They …

Grief and loss

There’s so, so much happening in the world right now. Momentous events (disasters is the word I prefer) both natural and human that are hurting others, leaving people homeless, injured and without essentials. People have died, lost or lost contact with family, friends and pets. It’s heartbreaking. Image from pexels.com Grief and loss can come …

Decisions, decisions or how I attempt to talk myself into things

Recently, I was offered a temporary position at my old workplace. The place that I chose to take leave from as I didn't like the person I had become while I was working there. Photo by SHVETS production on Pexels.com Actually they were pretty desperate so they offered me two roles in the space of …

Breaking up is hard to do…

Photo by RODNAE Productions on Pexels.com I think that's actually a song title. But it is very true. There have been a couple of break ups in our family lately. Teenagers are weird. A few days ago, the youngest child received a text message from their boyfriend of 2.5 months. It was We need to …

Great expectations and mixed emotions

Image from pexels It’s that time of the year, the silly season, the holidays or whatever you want to call it. For me it’s Christmas time and the end of the year. That’s what I celebrate. But with celebrations and special events come a lot of expectation. It is Christmas so you must catch up …

Fandango’s Provocative Question #147 – The best thing right now

You can find Fandango’s Provocative post for this week here. As usual the question is there to provoke thought rather than cause issues. It is: What’s the best thing you’ve got going on in your life at the moment? I think the best thing that I have got going on is this year ending. This …

No news on the job front

So it looks like I'm taking 12 months Leave With Out Pay (LWOP) next year. There is a time limit for me to find a job for next year and the clock is seemingly ticking faster each day. The people who are supposed to be helping me find a job are the people who screwed …

Hate… aka I’m angry at the world

When my kids were little, I used to tell them that when you hated someone it was like you wanted that person to be really badly hurt or maybe even die. I was a big proponent of live and let live. And negative feelings aren’t good. It’s funny how things change. Over the years, like …

Fandango’s Provocative Question (FPQ) #143

How much have you and your priorities changed over the past twenty years? If you’re on the younger side, answer from the perspective of the past ten years or even five years. Fandango’s original post is here. Wow. Twenty years is a long time. However it is less than half my life but lots of …

My current life reflected in the posts of others

Photo provided by Pexels There are two posts over on Pointless Overthinking that appeal to me so much right now. Both have caused me to reflect on recent things in my life. Andrew wrote about The Perils of Perfectionism and the Joy of Being Ordinary which really resonated with me. There’s a bit of uncertainty …