Finally Debt Free After 34 Years, But Still Need to Live Frugally

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Woo Hoo!!!! Exciting times and I'm glad you're feeling better

Yay to the new staff ID and pay day amount too.

HairyHandofDartmoor

Thanks Purplemum:).

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HairyHandofDartmoor wrote: »

It's different every day but great fun, I can't believe I'm getting paid to do this

Sounds like you have found your calling xx

HairyHandofDartmoor

I think I have Purplemum .

HairyHandofDartmoor

It's such a friendly school too. The head teacher met me in the corridor today and asked me how I'd got on and said they were very pleased to have me. She was probably just being polite but it made me feel good :rotfl:.

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HairyHandofDartmoor wrote: »

It's such a friendly school too. The head teacher met me in the corridor today and asked me how I'd got on and said they were very pleased to have me. She was probably just being polite but it made me feel good :rotfl:.

That makes all the difference, especially that the head took time to speak to you too, the school sounds fantastic. When I worked in the kitchen the head teacher there was too above herself to talk to the likes of us.

HairyHandofDartmoor

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That makes all the difference, especially that the head took time to speak to you too, the school sounds fantastic. When I worked in the kitchen the head teacher there was too above herself to talk to the likes of us.

What a shame . I think I am lucky that it is a very friendly school. I've been volunteering for a year before I got this job and I haven't met a single person there who wasn't nice so far. I think the head teacher can set the tone of a school and if they're nice, then they employ nice people and create a good atmosphere from the top down.

doingitanyway

You are such a good example of why volunteering is a good way ‘in’ for groups of people who might not appear as attractive to employers as other groups (middle-aged employees like you and I for example)

I hope your new income allows a little saving. I have found small savings have helped me feel so much more secure. If you can start a ‘fun’ pot too, no matter how small it also helps to know you can access it when times are difficult, or even when they are not

I am so pleased for you.

Have a relaxing evening. You’ve earned it!

elizabethhull

HairyHandofDartmoor wrote: »

Work was fun today. Apart from the dining hall bit which is hectic and hard work, I'm basically getting paid to play with small children .

It's different every day but great fun, I can't believe I'm getting paid to do this

It's because you're the right person, that's why. It sounds hellish to me, so I'd be totally the wrong person. I think it's a special sort of privilege to get to do the job we would do for free, and get paid for it. When my girls were at playgroup, mums had to come in and help once a term. I dreaded it until I discovered I could do 'boring' jobs to help the playgroup staff (like cutting up huge sheets of paper into usable sizes) and that was really appreciated.

And utterly hilarious about the 3 boys who couldn't see the solution that any adult would think was staring them in the face !!

HairyHandofDartmoor

doingitanyway wrote: »

You are such a good example of why volunteering is a good way ‘in’ for groups of people who might not appear as attractive to employers as other groups (middle-aged employees like you and I for example)

I hope your new income allows a little saving. I have found small savings have helped me feel so much more secure. If you can start a ‘fun’ pot too, no matter how small it also helps to know you can access it when times are difficult, or even when they are not

I am so pleased for you.

Have a relaxing evening. You’ve earned it!

Thank you . I'm sure I wouldn't have got the job without doing the volunteering and I did worry that I was too old to be employable. So I'm really grateful to have it .

elizabethhull wrote: »

It's because you're the right person, that's why. It sounds hellish to me, so I'd be totally the wrong person. I think it's a special sort of privilege to get to do the job we would do for free, and get paid for it. When my girls were at playgroup, mums had to come in and help once a term. I dreaded it until I discovered I could do 'boring' jobs to help the playgroup staff (like cutting up huge sheets of paper into usable sizes) and that was really appreciated.

And utterly hilarious about the 3 boys who couldn't see the solution that any adult would think was staring them in the face !!

Thanks you Elizbeth . It does seem the right job for me. I find the children very amusing and also I like helping the ones who are upset and making them feel better. I'm getting better at being firm with the unruly ones too, although there aren't very many of those luckily :rotfl:.

Yes it was very funny that the three boys couldn't see the obvious solution, it wasn't rocket science :rotfl:.