Hello everyone,
February has come and gone and I have still heard nothing from the agency, it's driving me crazy. I have become obsessed with checking my emails and do so three or four times a day, but the longed for one is never there and my heart sinks just that little bit deeper every time. I remind myself to have patience; the email will come and that no news is good news.
It's been an odd week; I didn't have to scour the job sites as one came looking for me. I helped out a few times in the garden centre restaurant where I clean in the morning as they have been so short staffed and the manager came and spoke to me, asking if I would like a job there; 30 hours a week. I thought he was joking, but no, he was serious. Even though I was unsure, (I've never worked in a restaurant) I found myself saying yes, thank you, that would be great, even though my mind was screaming at me to say no, stop and think about this. It was one of those moments when my mouth and brain were not working together; my mind screams NO but my mouth says yeah alright then.
Anyway I started last Monday and work seven hours a day five days a week, I start at eight, do the cleaning until ten, then get changed, go over to the restaurant and work until five, then go on to my final two hour office clean, getting home around eight thirty. It's a long 12 hour day and I'm on my feet all the time, it's only minimum wage but at least it is a wage.
As for my poor writing, well at the moment its taken a back seat, the restaurant is so busy and chaotic and I don't get a break. The two cleaning jobs are slower paced and allow me to mull over plot lines and think up new problems for my characters and I always have a note book and pen in my pocket. I've scribbled down a few scenes and worked out some of the kinks, so when I do get a chance to write again, hopefully it will be all plain sailing, (I wish)
Anyway, as it's Sunday today, I only work for two hours in the garden centre, the rest of the day is mine and I am determined to get some writing done. All household chores are finished; both cats are asleep, the lizard is lying on his hot water bottle on the window sill and I've got a couple of stroppy characters doing battle in my head; think I'd better go and sort them out.
Until next time, I wish you all well and good luck.
