The Challenges Of Finding Solitary Refinement ..

another_casualty

Time for another update I guess...

I just had my commitments appointment with job coach . Short phone discussion 📞
I had to go onto journal and of course accept commitments or I receive nothing . 

The trouble about me , is that I can overtalk which is something that I have to be careful with. The job coach has informed me that I will be reassessed at some stage for my ltd capability for work award. I expect I won't have to wait too long for it , as I as due to be reassessed in May last year. Something I'm obviously not looking forward to .
I was asked about the work and health programme , and she seemed o forget that I did it and was retuned back to job centre as the deadline to get me into employment had passed.  The job coach told me I would have to do a cv . I have a few which vary given the opinions from various people what to put in or leave out . Almost 40 years of constant employment can be hard to condense. I have to take part fully in meetings with my job coach , and the next appointment is in March . I have to submit my cv by end of this month .  I have to report changes. She is easy on me at the moment . 

How things will pan out for me this year is a worry . My sim is to do a few hrs a week voluntary work and leave it at that .wish me luck..

I have been walking 🐾everyday this week so far . Bad sleep patterns 🛏 have made me feel hesitant but I forced myself and glad I did . Saw another fox 🦊on Monday who was near me and scared. Thankfully it ran back to where it was and not on the road .

Heard nothing from mr trainer 🏋️‍♂️Who was due back yesterday . Jet lag ✈️?
still I did more or less a full week and apart from today , I started this week off well.
I will carry on tomorrow which will be day 3 . 

Regarding the walks🐾I aim to start walking around liliput again on a regular basis , eventually getting to Poole via baiter park . 

Regarding the music🎹🎧 creation software , there are times I have been glad I never had a match and a can of petrol 🔥🔥nearby . Why ? You may ask . Well, I won't explain midi which is a complication in itself . However , yesterday I downloaded an app that goes into an audio interface that I should have installed months ago. I had to contact the developers
After finally getting that sorted, I started getting the  spinning beach ball on my screen when I tried to open the musical interface . No go . So I had to contact support there and am told that the interface won't work with OS X Monterey just yet ! 😤🤬
What I did do since purchasing this iMac approx 4 years ago is always install the latest updates.  Before I had this iMac , I had a 2007 Mac mini which was all I could afford at 5he time and buggy as hell . Long story there which I'll leave .

I did an online shop 🛒withi Nocado which should be here tomorrow . The things that are evaporating more than anything else these days are toilet rolls 🧻and hand wash 🧴
I ordered a bigger batch of each . 

Anyway, I'll leave it there 🌧☀️

doingitanyway

Well done on keeping up your walks. I forced myself to walk today, promising myself a train/bus back, but I got into a flow and walked back too. 

Are you saying always installing the latest updates on your iMac? I'm not sure I always do but should make more effort?

With the DWP you seem to have found a way to manage them. Just keep doing what you have been 

another_casualty

Thanks @doingitanyway😼
It’s great that you are enjoying the walks too🐾
Regarding the updates ; although I am naive at times , what I do know is that you actually shouldn’t do latest updates all the time . For example in your case , the manufacturers of the software package you are using may not be prepared for the Monterey update  and there will be issues . 

With the music software , I spent a few days pulling my hair out etc as I couldn’t understand why my audio mixer was not recognised. 

Most of my friends in web design and graphic design are often furious when a package will no longer be updated unless they pay a lot for a new version . Some have older macs that they still use. 

Another final annoying point for now, is that I often get notifications on my iMac of updates . When I ask them to install overnight they don’t . Unfortunately for me on Sunday the iMac did in fact update to latest OS X Monterrey which ruggered up my music software all week😤😤😡
I hope that explains it 😺

I’ll leave it there😼..

Karonher

This may not be much help, but when I needed a CV about 10 years ago it was a lot different from the ones I had in the past. You don't put your age, and only really concentrate on the last couple of jobs and obviously any gaps. They are more interested in transferable skills than what we were doing in the 80s. Is there a local organisation that will do it for you?

another_casualty

Karonher said:

This may not be much help, but when I needed a CV about 10 years ago it was a lot different from the ones I had in the past. You don't put your age, and only really concentrate on the last couple of jobs and obviously any gaps. They are more interested in transferable skills than what we were doing in the 80s. Is there a local organisation that will do it for you?

Hello @karonher 😼 nice to hear from you again. Hope all is well with you
Thanks for your input regarding my cv .

It's funny really as when I went temping back in 2006 things changed then .
I got fairly robotic in terms of knowing what the agencies and potential employers were asking or going to ask of me . Prepared was an understatement . 

Your home address is replaced by an email , and everything now is bullet points that make you as honest as a politician selling yourself to get a job .

I have templates ,and the work coach I had at the work related programme I attended for a few months was impressed by that . I could go on ..

Tbh , I think the cv will be fine . The various  job coaches have them, although the latest one requested a c v today for the end of the month. 

My take on everything regarding the job coach is that I'm a little surprised she never mentioned voluntary work  today when she did previously .
As I 've been out of the loop for a very long time and my health running like a low battery, I think voluntary work for a few hrs a week would be the way to go . 

another_casualty

The last couple of days , I seem to be getting things done ..

I have let things slide for a while and not proud of that . Yesterday , I finally did a big tidy up in my kitchen . This included getting all those crumbs out of the toaster and giving it a big clean .🍞. The dyson attachment came in handy there . The only real main things left to do in the kitchen , is to dismantle kitchen bins 🚮, put them into recycling and get a new bin which has a compartment for waste and recycling . 

The other thing is to organise cupboard where paint is plus put steps in cupboard .

The 'home office ' was getting cluttered and neglected . I sorted that out yesterday .
The only thing in there that shouldn't be are about half a dozen toilet rolls 🧻
this is because I bought a big amount last week . 

Regarding my medicine 💊, I got very lazy / wasn't in the mood to put it in dispensers for a month at a time . I was just going into it daily and now that habit is stopped .
Speaking of medicine 💊, I have a load of shall we say, backup supply  . This was because over the last couple of years either the useless pharmacists or new standin doctor 🩺 have left me short at crucial times.  Today , I went through loads of stuff and chucked away old packets etc . I still have a lot left , but better be safe than sorry .

Last night another night of waking up too early 🛌.  This meant I as wiped out until around 9.30 am or so. Having said that , I did go for the usual walk 🐾.
No cats 🐈‍⬛🐈or foxes 🦊around . Last week I saw a cat 🐈‍⬛In the distance catch a magpie or pigeon  🐦. Sad , but it's nature and the cat 🐈‍⬛had a nice breakfast .

This month is going quickly . The evenings don't get darker until around 5pm now.
I have to have my cv prepared for job coach by next Monday, and will probably send a couple of copies on Thursday/ Fri. Reason for a couple, is that she can see everything and she can see that I'm not a ski ver and the onus is on her to advise imho.
My next appointment is in March, but she may well get in touch before then .
my fit note has a couple of months to run so I have to be wary of impending reassessment and potentially a more heavy handed approach by job coach . We'll see.

Mr trainer 🏋️‍♂️Sent me a text , and I'm having first live video session with him tomorrow.
That Puts my mind at rest , as  the routine is back ! 

I'll leave it there ...☁️

doingitanyway

Glad you will be having your routine back, it is something I crave...

Your cat story made me smile 

jwil

You've done loads, well done.  I wish I had even a tiny bit of your dedication to exercise, I really admire it.

another_casualty

3 bad nights sleep 🛌
Still, I have managed to go for walk 🐾 despite feeling rough. 

The session with mr trainer 🏋️‍♂️Yesterday was a phone chat . Plenty of catch-up . 

He was in a bad way with 😷 and he had to reschedule everything . 

On the subject of food etc , he was astonished the amount of green&blacks I have🍫
He didnt seen to grasp that the bars are quite small. Fighting a losing battle there I think .
I thought yesterday was going to be a workout 🥵but it wasn't . 

I may do something today , but I'll probably start afresh tomorrow . We'll see..

I received a couple of emails from that music software co regarding the technical issues I've been having . 💻It's not officially announced , but it seems that if I want to use that software still I'll have to pay £200:for upgrade 🙀. Not impressed 😾
There are other software packages which I have ' lite ' versions of . There is another software bundle which is £175 and used to be £200 . I'm not sure really , but my local friend has all the knowledge there and will probably give proper advice when we next meet  up . What I've been doing over the last couple of days , is use a combination of iPad apps and my synths etc and in a way it feels like cheating . All the gear and no idea .

The plan today is to attempt another baking of cake 🥮 and mess around with cables and software etc 🎹🎵

I will send cv to job coach tomorrow ( deadline Monday ) hoping that I'm not contacted before official next appointment with her in March . 

I'll leave it there ..🌩

MrsPorridge

Enjoy your cake baking.