Full Time Care

Well, so much for Interview Day. We were awake really early so that we’d have time for my partner to do a bit of final revision before heading off - not an easy thing for me this morning, as I was up til about 1:30 last night. The connection kept yo-yoing and I couldn’t get hold of a phone number to ask about some possible jobs, so I was stuck in front of the PC ’til it worked properly.

Anyhow, after a bit of a chat, my lady stated that she wasn’t really interested in this job, because it won’t make anything better. Since I’m not working now, any money she earns will basically reduce the amount of help we get from the government, so we’d actually be worse off. It’s simply not worth putting in hours of work for that. I had to agree, really - although the secondary effects are good (to be out working, socially active and so on), it hardly seems to make sense to pay train fares just so we can have less money.

So she’s not going to the interview, after all that work! Instead, we’ve laid down some criteria for jobs, like lower pay has to be something local. She’s also asking about volunteering locally, which is an excellent idea - not only will it get her out of the house, but it’ll be easier to find something in the field she wants. It’s always simpler to find work when you don’t ask to be paid!

On top of this, our money worries are starting again. I finally had a pay-off from the bank (insurance on a loan from when I was sick before), which helped a lot. Unfortunately, we’ve got a couple of big payouts at the end of the month and I’m not sure where the cash is going to come from for our rent. Given that the agency/landlord is itching to go to court and get us evicted, this is not particularly good news.

All I can do is call the benefits people and keep pushing them to pay out as soon as possible, in the hopes of avoiding big problems. Sigh.

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