Evening ladies
BIt of a mad day here. Someone is coming to look at the house tomorrow so cleaning and tidying today. Even cut the grass It has been terribly windy here as well - nearly got blown away when fetching dds from school.
Very pleased at teatime because B ate all of her tea - carrot, parsnip and sweet potato with some pasta - good job she ate it because I've made a load and frozen it
Dippy - re your job situation - have you contacted any of the churches in your area to see if they need a few hours admin work? In our church we had a paid administartor for a while, then when she moved on we had no-one for a while - which was a nightmare 'cos everyone had got used to stuff getting done - now we have someone else from the membership who does stuff in between applying for a 'proper' job. It's loads of things like preparing notice sheets and the magazine, letting workmen in, ordering stuff for stuff! etc etc. Best thing about it is that its the sort of thing you would be able to take P with you for
Elkie and Oooggs - sympathy for the tough times. It is really hard sometimes isn't it - especially when if like me, you feel the need to start every sentence with 'We're really fortunate but....'
Imagine this - you're at work and your boss calls you in and says you've got the best possible promotion, something fab, something you've always wanted and then he says 'As part of your new role you will be required to liaise closely with our most important clients. Generally one to start with then after 18 months or so, when you've hit your stride we'll add in another one or two. Now I can't emphaise enough how important these cliants are - you will literally be making life or death decisions every minute of the day. It may well feel like their every breath depends on you. What we want is for you to be so close and involved that you know they're awake before they do, that their faces will light up when they see you and that only you will know how they like to do business. We do find that these clients tend to have requirements right through the night and there is a lot of hand holding involved. Obviously as we add to the portfolio you'll have the rewarding role of balancing all our clients needs - which can be quite tricky as it sometimes feels like they're not talking the same langauge as you (arf arf arf) Do bear in mind as well that one of our subsiduary partners may pop their nose in from time to time. They will help out with the clients where they can of course but sometimes only an account manager will do (more arf arf arf) Between you and me - the subsiduary partner can be a bit tricky at times - we merged with them first as you may remember and so they do have historic business needs - stiil I know you can do it!'
Got a bit carried away there but I hope you can see where I'm coming from......