No, thanks I do not want to take part in your survey, nor do I want to claim PPI, nor would I wish you to sort out and improve the performance of my communications systems (which of course we do not even have in our house) and no, new windows are not on our wish list for now (nor will they be for some time to come) - I just want you to leave me and my phone alone. Just because I am at home, hoping and praying for a new job, doesn't mean I want to be bombarded with all your junk - leave me alone.
This is the second September that I lost a job. Last year I stopped teaching and was somehow very down as I miss them little blighters. I missed their faces, their sarky comments, their wit and their wisdom (and oh, so often lack of it). This year I also stopped going into schools doing clubs, assemblies and assist in lessons.
My Facebook and Twitter friends are throwing oil on hot water (or whatever the phrase is) by posting about their kids starting school, so many starting a new part of their journey, 'good luck Johnny' .. 'oh, doesn't she look nice in her new school uniform' .. 'aren't they growing up so quick' and 'so nervous yet excited' .. was I really like that with our kids? It wasn't until I read those words - nervous yet excited - that I realised I am one of them.
This September I am finding myself to be nervous yet excited. No job, not even a glimmer of one (yet), nonetheless I feel an excitement as a new start is (hopefully soon) to be upon us. Nervous as well, not knowing what, where and when, but excited. Searching for the meaning of this word I came across one stating it as: stimulated to activity. I hope I can learn to use this time of excitedly, nervously waiting, to stimulate me to lots of new activity.
Here is to yet another September.
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