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I'm the chairman of the bored

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ScummyMummy · 26/09/2006 09:46

It's almost 3 weeks since I officially finished college and profound ennui is already threatening to take over the waking hours of the scummy one. I know the solution is to find an interesting job and I'm looking but realistically it's going to take a while- don't know how long it will take for my college work to be marked and qualification to come through if I've passed. Social care agency stuff is proving hard to find. May take time for the right job to come up even when (if) I'm officially qualified. So in the meantime I am at home and bored out of my tiny mind. Kids are at school. Housework is dull. Ringing agencies to remind them to find me a job is the work of minutes, not to mention fairly fruitless, seemingly. Only so much reading and mumsnetting I can do before i feel like I'm wasting my day. Most of my friends are at work. I'm doing a bit of exercising and meeting partner for lunch, though have nothing new to tell him since nothing novel has ever occurred. Am verging on skint.

What else can I do with my time? How can I prevent myself from becoming as bored and boring as I feel?

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Earlybird · 26/09/2006 09:52

Hmmm - well, if you were inclined, this might be a good time to get involved in school activities/volunteering.

Also,think I might use some time to visit exhibits/museums at a leisurely pace looking at what I wanted instead of endlessly visiting the dinosaurs at the Natural History Museum.

Is there anything you've always wanted to do - like learning to drive, or knit or anything else that needs lessons/practice?

ScummyMummy · 26/09/2006 09:59

Galleries are a good idea, earlybird. I do need to learn to drive as well but I think that might be a bit expensive atm.

I have volunteered for a forthcoming school trip. I'll ask at the boys' school about other possible ways i could help- am a bit concenrned that I'd have to just drop them if work did come up, though...

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Mercy · 26/09/2006 10:01

Scummy, could it be post-course blues? My dh used to get this when he was studying with OU.

Earlybird · 26/09/2006 10:16

Well, I'd just let the school know that you're volunteering to help but it's provisional based on work schedule.

A couple of other ideas - get Time Out. There are always fascinating sounding lectures running that might be possible now that you have free time during the day.

And lastly - why not do some in-depth exploring of other parts of London. I've seen posts that you're considering moving out a bit, so this might be a good time to go visit some different areas and see what you think without being rushed. You'd have time to walk around, sit in a coffee shop to observe/soak in the atmosphere, look in estate agent's windows, figure out good roads/schools/parks and really get a feel for different communities.

Funny isn't it - we're all gasping for a bit of peace and quiet, and relaxed downtime - and then when we get it, it's hard to know what to do with ourselves!

ScummyMummy · 26/09/2006 10:16

Yes- I think there's an element of that too, mercy. I like being busy but not having to think about and organise myself constantly so the structure of having a job or course or the boys about needing me to structure their day is good. Caught myself almost agreeing to a duvet day when the boys started whinging about not wanting to go to school this morning just so they could entertain me! Then felt grumpy all the way to school because had to deny myself that pleasure for the greater good...

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ScummyMummy · 26/09/2006 10:21

You are good at this earlybird! Time Out and exploring other parts of London are a great ideas.

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ks · 26/09/2006 10:21

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ScummyMummy · 26/09/2006 10:22

I don't have a tablecloth though, ks...

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ks · 26/09/2006 10:24

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Marina · 26/09/2006 10:26

do the Green Chain Walk in bits scummy. Get to know the idyllic hinterland of outer SE London in preparation for a possible move.
Deffo do the galleries the boys would find a trial (have never dared take ds to Wallace Collection for example)
come to City lunch on 17th October...

ScummyMummy · 26/09/2006 10:30

Sounds good, Marina. Esp city lunch.

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batters · 26/09/2006 10:41

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ScummyMummy · 26/09/2006 11:00

Massive happy grin @ you being free some days, batters. Shall we go to the tate modern one day? Will email you.

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Hallgerda · 26/09/2006 12:10

I'm a wildlife trust volunteer - I just show up on work days and don't commit myself to carry on doing so. Could you find something like that? (Obviously something exactly like that would be a problem if you're one of the many arachnophobes on this site ).

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