End of Another Week

Tomorrow another work week begins for me and the only thing which is keeping me going is the fact that I will be getting paid. Had another "session" with the she-boss and it is pitiful that she is so insecure that she cannot accept any of the suggestions I come up with - it is her way or no way. I have since decided that I will just keep quiet from now on. On Friday a group of us were playing Uno at lunch (team building) and she came to join us. She tried to make jokes at my expense (about being single and having no kids so I am obviously still trying to relive my childhood by being "silly") but I ignored her.

The entire weekend I worked on the products and costing for workshops which I am designing. Not that they would make me enough money to resign but it will help go towards being able to have a bit of a life which would, in turn, take my mind off the she-boss. Should the workshops be successful and more are requested, I may then just be able to make a living from it. Not much but maybe enough to get by. I now have to see whether I am able to order the products. I have been reading a lot of scrapping blogs where they offer workshops and I cannot believe how easy it is for them to churn out project after project and to offer them at such a good price. But being in the You-Knighted-States, they don't have a shocking exchange rate, do not have to pay postage (for orders over a certain value) and then do not have the import tax to pay on top of that. Scr@pbooking is so cheap there that I think if I lived there I would have been ultra successful by now. The economy is really bad here and the finance minister has told everyone to tighten their belts and that the worse is yet to come. Scr@pbooking, being a luxury, is definitely going to take a knock and therefore whatever I do, I have to make it as cost effective as possible for the customer but at the same time ensuring that I make enough to earn a living.

I was offered another job for a slighly higher increase but it is about an hour's drive (due to the route I have to take and traffic) and with the exceptionally high cost of petrol, it is not worth the change. I would rather do the workshops and use my creative skill to earn extra money than to put myself under more stress by travelling a long distance. Not to mention the strain my poor little car would be under with all the stopping and starting in peak hour traffic.

Since Wednesday we have had nothing but rain. The sun did peek out the clouds this afternoon but that was shortlived. I am in a turmoil as to what to wear to work with the limited choice of clothing I have as most of it is still trying to dry out. This is the only aspect of winter I do not enjoy - wet washing around the house. Oh how I wish I had central heating!

Got to go - Baby has woken up and will soon be walking over my keyboard trying to find a suitable place to plonk down his body. As long as he is near or on top of me, he will be happy.

Have a super duper week.

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