Went to work on Friday. An hour later I was made redundant!!

Well, I wont go into the details as this is not a work blog and work blogs can get one into all sorts of trouble.

I see it as a challenge and a blessing in disguise. My phone hasnt stopped ringing with offers of interviews and chats. Some are potentially interesting. In the short term I actually miss being out of work, and I never thought I would say that because I have a had a period of unemployment which was dominated by watching enjoyable programmes such as Quincy, Ironside & Diagnosis Murder. The rot set in when Murder She Wrote was their replacement and I knew that it was time to enter the world of work.

Watching TV whilst redundant is not as fun as my classic period of unemployment TV. If the BBC bring back repeats of Quincy then I may be unemployed for quite some time….

On second thoughts, thats no longer an option. Too much good things in life going on which requires a wage. Goverment signwriting no longer matches my expectations..

This evening, I looked back on some posts from late 2005 until the start of 2006. What I experienced is well documented. On the eve of the first aniversary of losing a parent - no.. losing a stupid parent I can look back at the dark times I faced, the challenges and brick walls that had to be overcome.

At the time there were one or two, or three challenges that I thought were going to impossible to successfully accomplish. Thankfully I did and I feel a better person for it.

My anger towards my mother and her reluctance to seek medical help for her breast troubles has now dissapeared over the last few months. Allthough I will forever class her as a stupid cow ( yes strong words ) there is no point at being directing anger towards the person she was, and now the remains of that person six feet under.

If this blog, or my experience can help frightened or stubborn women go and see their GP for a checkup then documenting my experiences would be all more the worthwhile. There are probably about 1000 versions of my mother out there, sitting right now with their family, not uttering a word to their offspring or Doctor.

Things are good and have been good for quite some time. 2007 has started well for me and for my family. Tommorow will be difficult yes, but out of every bad experience, there is always a greater good to come out of it and in my case it has been proven.