So, this post is quite a personal one. If you don’t follow
me on Twitter or know me personally, this will be all new information for you,
but something big has gone on in our personal lives.
I debated for the longest time about whether to even talk
about this on here, because its so personal, but also it affects lots of the posts
and I write and had been planning on uploading.
So two weeks ago, I was off work with Harry as he had picked
up chickenpox. Sam and I have always worked out taking time off fairly and take
it in turns. We knew when Harry had been diagnosed with chickenpox we would
need childcare for around a week, so decided that I would take off the Monday
and Tuesday and Sam would be off Wednesday and Thursday – I then would be off
for my normal day off on Friday.
Around quarter to six, I was sitting in our living room
and my phone started to ring. I looked at who was calling and saw a mobile
number I didn’t recognize so I ignored it. Am I the only person who doesn’t answer
numbers they don’t recognize? Basically, if you aren’t saved in my contacts don’t
bother calling me. I’m not answering.
I had a voicemail so listened to it. Then I googled the
company the woman was calling from and it came up auditors. She had said in the
message she was calling about the company that I worked for so my anxiety
started up. What had I done? If you didn’t know I worked for a small car
insurance company.
I then got a call from a friend at work who told me the company
had gone into administration and we had all been made redundant.
So I am currently job-hunting and being a stay at home
mum. I’ve never not had a job and it been really hard for me to adjust, but
two weeks in, I think Harry and I have fallen into a nice routine. I’m really happy
with the timing as Harry now only goes to nursery in the term time so he’s off for
the summer.
I have a few interviews lined up which is scary. I hate
job interviews, but I think the scariest part is not actually getting another
job because we actually can’t afford for me to be out of work.
I wanted to put this post out here as a lot of my content is about working full time, which I am obviously not doing right now, so a lot more of my posts may be about being at home and job searching for a while. Please bare with me!
I wanted to put this post out here as a lot of my content is about working full time, which I am obviously not doing right now, so a lot more of my posts may be about being at home and job searching for a while. Please bare with me!
Fingers crossed for me guys!!