I saw an ex-colleague of mine when I was working in the charity shop this week. She had just finished her last day at school and so had retired! So how am I finding it, three years in? I think I am happier than I have ever been – much more relaxed and the only…
Month: July 2013
Housegroup end of term barbecue
I am not usually that keen on barbecues, but with the very hot weather we have been having, I thought it might be quite nice to go to this as it was our end of term social. And it was good. D had got the barbecue going before we got there, so we avoided all…
A special session with the Coffee Choir
This week we had a special session with the Coffee Choir, led by a young man from Brazil called Pedro Consorte. He has worked with ‘Stomp’ and is into percussion, including body percussion! Fiona knew of him because he shared a flat with her son. Having seen the YouTube clips but been reassured by Fiona…
Holiday in Lulworth Cove
When retired we can have as many holidays as we want/can afford! And they don’t have to be in school holidays, either – Yeah! If one is only a volunteer, we tell the people in charge when we are going and nothing has to be booked as it does if one has a job. My…
Receptionist for a Charity
At about the same time as I volunteered in the second charity shop I also volunteered to work for the Trussell Trust. This again involved filling in an application form and giving references. I thought that I would be offered a task with the food-bank but was actually offered several positions, most of which were…
Another Charity Shop
Having given up my job, got the work on the house under-way and recovered from the operation, I quickly got bored again. The obvious answer was to volunteer at a charity shop again. There are lots of charity shops in T so it was a question of which one to choose. Some of them seemed…
Have an operation!
Not something you really want to do, but better to get things sorted than leave them! I found that a mole on my leg had changed and took it to the doctor. By the end of next day I had seen a consultant and had the mole removed! About two weeks later I went…