The Bank Holiday weekend saw Sue and I out on the Saturday evening with friends for a couple of games of ten-pin bowling. This is something we have enjoyed since moving to Derby in the late 1980s. Mark and his girlfriend accompany us with friends and neighbours as 9 of us do our best to hide our incompetence and have some fun doing so. A good evening out, raising the spirits somewhat.
This Saturday Sue invited her team from work up for a BBQ as a “thank you” for their support and efforts at work over the last year. This saw me doing the cooking (well, it’s a man thing, isn’t it?) while she attended to the social side of things, making sure that everyone was well lubricated and not left out of the chat.
Angie and John were up again this weekend to celebrate Dad’s 76th birthday. His condition continues it’s slow and steady decline, but multiple sclerosis doesn’t kill. How Mum copes beats me, but, she does.
John has had his work hours cut , but is happy that he still has his job. His boss has called a meeting for this coming week and John has heard that the firm has been successful in picking up some new contracts which will not only guarantee the workforce continued employment but could see some extension of working hours. He waits to find out for definite later this week.
Angie is in the same position that I am, having been made redundant when her employer closed the café where she worked. She isn’t computer literate and now finds herself having to prepare a CV and search for jobs on-line. A new and alien world for her so I tried to give her some pointers. Hope it helps, it’s bad enough having those skills and not landing a job, but, to not have those skills in the first place is a real handicap.
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