It's Official ...

As from 4th January I will be back in the land of the employed ... yup you read right ... I'm going back to working for some-one else !!! No longer gonna be 'self employed'... gonna have to learn to take orders again !!! (Oh shit didn't think of that LOL, but just think ... a pay cheque at the end of every month now, that'll be worth it !!!)

Finally all my volunteering, saying yes when they needed helpers etc.etc. and of course my own wonderful personal charm and personality (PMSL) has paid off ... on Thursday the head of the school contacted me and offered me the post of T/A (teaching assistant) at Hillcrest Primary School ... fancy title but actually I'm just going to be a 'gofer', means my days aren't going to be boring, that's for sure and the nicest part about it is I will get all the school holidays off too !!! (feels like the ideal job)

Quite frightening really considering I haven't been in the land of 'employed by an employee' since 2003 !!! And in a way quite sad that I'm all excited about it hahahaha ...

But fear not trusty followers .. this does not mean I will stop being creative ... I'm hoping this is going to mean I will become MORE creative ... I just know that I'm gonna end up having more time to do things !!! I know it doesn't make sense but it has something to do with when your busy you find time to do more things !!!

And talking of busy ... another hectic week has passed .. I will be sooo happy once Kelsey has finished his exams ... this week he has only written 3 exams and he has 2 more to go ... this finishing school at 10.30am is driving me mad ... it feels like I've just got started working then I have to go fetch him ... then it's home ... he wants food ... it's helping him with his studying ... testing him etc.and before I know it it's time to be making the dinner and the night is here ... and my work is taking a back seat ... which considering I have my workshop coming up on Saturday 3rd ... I really really need to get going now ...

I had another workshop with the Thursday Ladies (as I've called them) this week ... introduced them to the world of stamping ... I know seems strange that I should be demonstrating stamping etc. to them (one of the basic starting techniques one learns) but for some unknown reason it seemed to have skipped over this group of ladies ... they absolutely loved it ... now they now want stamps (not a problem as I have loads to sell them) and the disadvantage for me ... inks ... a big problem as I still have not come across that box yet !!! Also another disadvantage is that not too many of the shops in the area (and trust me there are few enough of those) have stamps and inks available ... another one of the joys of living in Africa !!! Makes it a lot harder for me to be teaching specific techniques as I think it's unfair to be teaching people things that they then can't go out and practise !!!

But they left all fired up and ready to go ... and they enjoyed another 'retail therapy' session too ... sadly I had to tell them I would not be able to come and 'teach' them once a month as I have been ... but I did say I would hold classes during the school holidays ... and they were happy with that... (see already planning my school holidays for next year LOL)

Then to add to the rest of the chaos in my life at the moment I still have not finished the Photos for the Wedding Photo shoot I did 3 weeks ago ... I'm doing HPS PROM photos on Friday 2nd... night before my workshop day ... BFF Nan is arriving on the same Friday afternoon ... you know nothing like everything happening on the same weekend !!!

There is just no rest for the wicked !!!