Today I’m on my way….heading home.
Its really nice to be able to say ‘home’, even though it’s a room in a shared house, its a base and home – for now. Although it was quite suitable in the past to stay in a b&b or guesthouse between jobs, the security of having a base is so much better.
Part of the reason I enjoyed staying at b&bs etc was because I used to travel between jobs, but now my little š lives in Ramsgate and I have a powerful reason to want a base to return to so I can spend precious time with him.
So today has finally arrived after what has, once again, been a very stressful 2 weeks. I’ve had 3 very stressful assignments since the beginning of the year and my goddess I’m tired.
I was hoping to start working again next week, but as has been the case in the last year, the agency do not have much work available. So I’ve accepted a position in Devon that only starts on 31st. Although this will have a slightly negative impact on my income, it does mean I have a good break and space to breathe.
I’ve started the process for claiming my pension, albeit insufficient to even pay my rent, it will give me a wee boost to save for my walking trips. I’ve not worked in the country long enough to qualify for a decent amount, but as the blurb goes….every little bit helps.
So talking of trips, crikey – after much rejigging my dates for my planned š¤š¤š¤ Thames Path walk in April, and trying for the last 2 days to squeeze the dates etc, I finally got a decent looking schedule worked out, sat down last night to start changing the dates for the bookings I had already made, only to find that the prices are almost double in May. So that puts paid to that little escapade. Ugh. My head.
Back to square one as they say. I was so upset last night that I just shut my computer, used a few choice words at commercialism š¤¬š¤¬š¤¬ and went to bed.
So over the next few days I’m going to go back to basics, cancel all the bookings I made for April since I can’t travel then anyway, do a new search. Thank goodness for booking.com where you can reserve a place, but have the option of cancelling within a reasonable time.
However, I am determined to do this trip….
Not Just a Granny 
Hoping you can get some rest and no stress and at some point it works out where you can do the trip.
Thank you āŗ First thing I did tonight was get into bed early šš
As for the trip….well, I really don’t know what I’m going to do, but something will work out. I’m a great believer in the philosophy of ‘if it’s not meant to be….’ So perhaps I’m not meant to do the walk, but meanwhile I’ll keep planning and see what happens
Good for you going to bed early, I hope you rested well. Or maybe for some reason it is just not the right time for you to do the walk.
it will be nice to take a little break…work will keep…it sounds like you have some choices and will absolutely make the best of it! yay!
Maybe just what you need … a little bit of a rest and quality time with that handsome grandson of yours!
It is such a frustrating time to try and plan anything – we want to plan a short trip to Mpumalanga, but don’t know where we will be with Covid regulations in three month’s time – ugh!!
Good luck and enjoy your time talking long walks š£.
Yes, I feel like I need a bit if space between bookings. They’re all stressful in one way or another and I start getting panicky when I get close to leaving for the next one if the dates are too close. This feels like a proper break.
As for planning..ugh. I’m almost tempted to just cancel the 2nd half of the Thames Path walk, but that just means pushing it to another year and I ain’t getting younger š¤Ŗš¤Ŗ my body feels the pain …so fingers crossed we don’t have another lockdown in May!!