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QueenJess

OpalGirl said:

f0xh0les said:

I just got an email off Z00pla telling me my house is conservatively estimated at £289k.  I think I just found the momentum to get this house sorted.  The high price would be £320k. I have lived in Le'Shire for 8 years and I don't really ever want to live anywhere for more than 10 years until it is the forever home near the sea.  I might be getting itchy feet.  I need to get a move on. 

Do you have a specific area near the sea that you would like to have your forever home in?

Maybe you’d like to live somewhere more expensive where you can only afford a two bed and need to shed some adults..

f0xh0les

I will not apply for the Maxximus TK  job advertised today. I will not, I will not, I will not.  Don't let me do  it, 

okay?   It is not the job I am looking for. It is soul destroying and The Public are animals. 

Well Happy New Regime Change!   We lost our little Jon Ashworth in a surprise plot twist.  

7 MPs have a majority of less than 100 votes.  Voting matters. Every vote matters.   

All my eligible kids voted. I am proud of them.  One wasn't going to until one of his online friends said he was voting Reform, then he decided his vote could neutralise that.  Plus he did not like the idea of policemen  proudly voting Nigel.  He was very worried about it.  I think the penny dropped.

Not a lot has been done today.  Just cleaning, hoovering, decluttering, and being tired.

I will get on with things properly tomorrow, while 35,000 come to my local park, I will not be able to drive my car unless I want to find a parking spot a mile away, plus half the roads are closed off anyway.  So it will be Shank's Pony and house based activities this weekend.

KajiKita

Why are you even tempted by the TK job? 🤔

Yaay for producing democratically upstanding citizens 😊
I always vote as it neutralises Mr KK’s vote! 😉

KK

f0xh0les

KajiKita said:

Why are you even tempted by the TK job? 🤔

Good question.  Apart from the fact they will pay me in money, and they would have me back like a shot ..... I think it is because, come September, I will have DS3 in college and DS4 starting his GCSEs, so my youngest will be 15 by the end of the year, and I do not have to be  at home for them. 

DH is loving his home office - he is in there now, and he was only physically in his work office once last week, although he was in other cities twice and plenty of online meetings.  It is tempting him to work from home more, unless it is his contracted  teaching/student allocated hours.    Apart from that, if he is not walking the 10 minutes  each way to work each day, he is not popping Panad0l like smarties.  The knee is not good, there is nothing they can do that will fix it, they have offered steroid injections, but that is only temporary relief, and they really don't recommend a knee replacement until it is the absolute last resort. So he is just in pain and unable to walk more than about 3km a day or he is in agony.  3km is not a long way. There is no 'shall we go for a walk?' there is no 'shall we go to X and  wander around?'  and being in pain is exhausting for him. He can't drive for more than 2 hours either, or he can't walk the next day.

I think it is time for me to get a more permanent job, as I am really worried that DS1 and DS2 think that as I am at home, not at work,  they can be at home doing nothing and it is normal.  I worry I am setting a bad example for them.

I want to be able to afford to take my family on holiday.  Even self catering abroad that is around £3k for 6 people.  That is more than I have earned in  22 out of the last  24 years.  I do not want to be taking money from savings for holidays, I want it to be from what I have earned - otherwise it seems a step backwards - is that normal? I want to sort the house out asap, just in case DH gets a job elsewhere.  Bathrooms and kitchens take the big money, and I just feel like I am not pulling my weight - although over the last two years I have paid off the mortgage, and got the roof replaced, and carpeted and decorated the house, and paid for a loft extension, so realistically I know I am, but it does not feel like it. 

 One year of full time regular work would  pay to  fix all three bathrooms, and give me enough to permanently sort the  more structural issues with the kitchen.   For some bizarre reason I do not  want to take money from DH because he will then stress about his savings.  I am all about saving DH from money worries.  It would also mean it would be easier to sell the house fast if he gets a job elsewhere.   Which might be on the cards.  He is now applying for jobs and fellowships as they come up.  He has lost his fear.

KajiKita

Ummm …. From what I remember of your time at TKM you absolutely hated it and by the time you left, it was starting to affect your mental health? Might be worth rereading your posts from the time?

As far as I can see you have been well regarded by every employer you have worked for whilst I have been aware of you. 

Perhaps look at an alternative retail option or even something that uses your significant skill set more effectively - joining an event planning company would seem like an obvious fit for you for example. 

I guess I’m saying that I think you’re right, for all the reasons you’ve listed, and some others, it would be a good thing for you to get a job. Just perhaps be a bit more bold about what job to go for … 😊

Just my h’appeth 😉 I wish you luck with whatever you decide to go for. 

KK

badmemory

The only advantage I can see about working for TK is the freedom it could allow you to do all the house stuff you need to.  Presumably it would also up your pension as there is no point in DH paying 40% on his pension if you aren't even up to paying 30%, if you see what I mean.  Along the lines of not having all your eggs in one basket.

f0xh0les

Thanks,  I know I would hate it, I really hate the idea of going back, but I keep bumping into the management whenever I am in town, and they ask me when I am coming back!    They don't seem to understand it was an experiment.

It tends to be around this time of year, when everyone and his dog seem so much more organised than me, and is jetting off all over the place - mostly because they are retired, or have no kids, or are in debt and don't care, that my guilt gland starts overproducing.  I fall for the advertising of happy families in sunny locations with a pool.

I also have a fear that at this upcoming event there is not going to be any management around the place.  There are 3 overlapping events booked in over 10 days, in 3 separate locations, staff is going to be spread thin.  There are no managers at our event when the event actually starts.

All of this I can hopefully find out about on Tuesday. I am just stressing because I had to remind DH that I am leaving him for a week, next Sunday, and he looked shocked and confused.  He operates on a different level.

beanielou

I also remember you counting down the days at tk. 

greenbee

Sounds like the event company is short of management and you should suggest to them that they resolve that by giving you a management role  

f0xh0les

Most of the sales management people are married to/related to the other necessary people at the event, or have been involved in the 'smile!...click'  side of things. So they automatically have backup.  Plus they have all been doing it for 20+ years.  Because it is such intermittent work, it is so much more sociable than a 'normal job' honestly it is more like going on a city break with friends, with work thrown in.  Really lovely people, they only meet up about 4 or 5  times a year, so  we all socialise after work,  are all in the same hotel, it is a  really nice friendly vibe.  Sadly they are all at the other event this year.  Invisible Work Friend has told me she has no interest in learning how to work the computer, or do training, or anything else really. She just wants to turn up, do the job, go home.  That is why she bailed on the training. 

I will find out out on Tuesday what the deal is.

I think my ideal job would be a coach tour guide or a holiday rep.   Lots of people, never for very long, and 98% of people are going to have a good time, and you can see when you have made that happen.  The other 2% are usually easily to spot, and it is always good if you can cut them off at the knees before they decide to make a scene. 

 It is even better when you make them annoyed because they have nothing to complain about. 

 Makes my day when they come in growling like a lion and go out meek as a kitten.