2 posts tagged “jobhunt”
well, things have been terribly confused for weeks now, but they slowly seem to be getting back on an even keel - the tidal wave of bad news seems to have passed, the tax is coming along nicely, with the end in sight, and it seems we're not about to be evicted, so YAY!
djelibeybi and i are currently up in shropshire - with the end of his telford contract, he has the coalport flat until the end of april, so we figured we should make the most of it and do a little exploring and walking and seeing of castles and old blast furnaces and so on, so we're having a fine old time. i also have a probable contract (possibly in germany) coming up towards the end of may, which doesn't leave much time in between for contracts, so i am taking my courage in both hands, putting my trust in Providence and have started telling employment agents that i won't be available till august (when the parents leave). it feels a bit scary - that's a long time without either of us bringing in any income, and of course it includes traipsing about france with parents and a possible trip up to scotland and who knows what surprises, but it feels like the right thing to do. i was freaking a bit about having to try to find a job and the money situation, and i think it'll all be better if i just calm down and take this opportunity as a chance to keep doing what i want to do.
assuming our visas are renewed, djeli may find employment quicker than last time (heck, maybe revenue & customs will pull their finger out and finally do their budgets and he'll get his job back!), and if they're not, then at least we'll have made the most of our last weeks and not randomly wasted them on work. and while i owe djeli a truckload of ££s (he finally worked out the true state of the joint account which revealed £3000-worth of debt for me) he does have some savings so we won't starve or not be able to pay the rent or anything.
so it's scary, but it feels like the right thing to do.
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home from all the travelling at last! and it's not really like i have anything terribly much to say, but i thought i should at least pop my head up so you didn't all think i wuz dead. so i guess i shall summarise:
- switzerland was great. snowy mountain walks on my own, hot tub with friends with an awesome view of the alps, too much food, definitely too much wine, lots of drawing
- france on the way back was also great. fabulous church service stumbled on at random in nancy, followed by a promenade with the citizens of the town through the sunny streets and park. reims we didn't see so much of, but a very nice cathedral with rather marvellous stained glass windows by chagall. oh and champagne, being the champagne district, and yes, we did bring some home :-)
- am now immersed in the jobhunt. i have an interview tomorrow with 7digital which scares me somewhat - scares me because it sounds like it could be an awesome job (working on music download sites) but would entail 3 hours' travel each day again. and is permanent. but we'll see how the interview goes. if we really have to, i guess we could move to hackney. hmm.
- i have found myself a nutritionist and will be seeing her for the first time on thursday. hoping she can do something about my myriad health issues which the doctors don't really seem to know or particularly care what the causes are.
i've been doing a fairly vast amount of drawing lately. no music whatsoever, but the visual ideas are flowing freely and fast and my composition journal is filling up. here are a few samples:
