I have been unemployed for seven
days. Gerhard says I must stop telling
people that I am unemployed, I am a consultant.
Well same thing. I no longer have
a formal place of work to go to every day.
My hours are generally more flexible and a couple of things have changed
in my life.
1. Yes,
I have become one of the people dropping my kids off at school in gym clothes,
no make-up, ponytail or sometimes even worse, a braid. No wonder nobody greets me anymore on the
school run, they probably don’t recognize me;
2. I
go to gym seven times a week now, it’s either that or shopping, or eating, neither
too appealing;
3. I
wear flat shoes quite often, rather strange to look at the world from such a low
angle. And it was raining a lot here the
past couple of weeks, so my toes are generally wet;
4. I
only have a bath at around noon, yes, after the morning gym session and a
couple of errands, before I know it the day is pretty much half done and I am
still in my gym shoes, also flat by the way;
5. I
have lots of lunches and coffee dates, yes, there are other people who also
seek company at around noon, following said hygiene ritual;
I had a fabulous Great Gatsby
party on the day following my birthday and we had amazing food prepared by an
amazing woman, Renette Vosloo Red Tomato Supper Club . It was absolutely to die for.
My friend Michelle and I spend the
past Sunday at the spa, this day is sort of half way between our respective
birthdays and it just seemed like the perfect excuse for an entire day at the
spa.
I have not watched the Oscar
Pistorius trial at all, most people seem to think that this would be the ideal pastime
for someone recently unemployed (sorry, someone recently taking up consulting
full time). I have read a lot of books; I
spend a lot of time planning the perfect winter outfits on Pinterest. I know exactly what is happening in every
cupboard in our home, Sekai is very happy as many of our earthly goods will be
making its way to Zimbabwe soon.
In my defense, I have put on
make-up every single day, except for today, because I have a small trick up my
sleeve, if you wear giant feather earrings, nobody will realise that your face
is actually bare.
I am probably halfway through my
going blond exercise, because you know blondes have more fun and life begins at
forty, so I am just preparing and ensuring that I am ready when it
arrives.
Liam’s first reaction when he
heard that mommy will now be working from home was “you lucky fish, you are
going to swim all day” and Luka regularly destroys my home office stealing
every single post-it to make pictures for her teacher. Gerhard has been very supportive and even
politely sends me bbm’s asking if I am taking naps before checking in around
noon (see above, I am taking a bath).
So watch this space, I have
actually been doing some real work as well, me and my 1.5 clients, so I can at least
afford a pair of flat shoes.
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