Five Year Fix, Five Year Plan

Merlin's_Beard

Definitely still filling in but this is only the second year for a lot of these plants and the difference from last year is incredible already. 

The Cat Nap corner will have a shed in it eventually

rtandon27

@Merlin's_Beard - gorgeous pics!  thanks so much for posting!

KajiKita

That looks like a really lovely space 😊❤️ I like the design too, with a path through the space but a nice big, generous bed in the centre. 

I’d be tempted to have a small tree or two but it would depend on how much shadow they would cast and how overlooked you feel atm. 

Lovely that the cat has decided which their corner is! 😉

KK

savingholmes

Thanks for sharing the photos. Lovely plant choices and colours.

Merlin's_Beard

And the shortened hours offer has been retracted due to someone leaving.

Absolutely gutted. Feels like a lifeline has been yanked out of my hands.

I guess that helps with saving, is the only thing I can say.

KajiKita

Oh heck … this is becoming untenable … 😢 Hugs for the disappointment x

Two suggestions:
- Look for a new role yourself?
- Whilst this crazy workload is sustained, do everything you can to ease the workload on you within your personal life, so get a cleaner, get a gardener, start having online grocery deliveries, some combination of these maybe? 

KK

redofromstart

Great to see you back posting.  Love the garden pictures.

I am so sorry about the reduced hours retraction.  That must be so frustrating.

savingholmes

I would be gutted too. Did you have the previous offer in writing? Are they 'allowed' to just retract it? Could you claim you need shorter hours as a disability adjustment? 

Merlin's_Beard

savingholmes said:

I would be gutted too. Did you have the previous offer in writing? Are they 'allowed' to just retract it? Could you claim you need shorter hours as a disability adjustment? 

I imagine what they would say is that a change in circumstances has made it logistically impossible, and that the offer was dependent on there being enough cover to make it possible. It was only verbal and over text, so while I have the receipts, as the kids would say, in the context of a small business they don't mean much.

The additional cover we were going to get on the day we are most strapped for employees is also now not happening, because the "extra" person has now just become "person".

Merlin's_Beard

And the shortened hours are back on.

(Someone new has been hired. Someone who had an interview BEFORE I was told the whole thing was off, so why I got messed around with this, who knows)

Anyway. Should be starting from September, so just one month to get through.

Not much MSE this week - takeaway after I stayed late for three hours midweek has put me over on the food budget.