Goodness!

Well, my word! It has been a while since I've blogged here. Life has been exceptionally busy!

First off - my job contract was due to end at the end of this month. As I have bills to pay (why hello Masters in Literature course) I needed to find something to ensure I wasn't scraping pennies from wishing wells!

Fortunately as I was able to find something 'in house'; still working for the same overall employer, but a different location and a different role. This has necessitated a rather large change to say the least! For the last 7 years, or thereabouts, I've happily caught the train to work. Now, however, I am to catch the bus with a good 10 minute walk to my workplace. Added to that - the role is considerably different to my last one - so it is learning all the new processes and trying to get to grips with all new faces, whilst the office as a whole goes through some building work - so most are not in their proper offices!

One thing it has emphasised to me is that I am not built to work in administration forever! Whilst I enjoy the overall 'getting things done right' aspect to the job as a whole (because - for anyone who doesn't understand admin - if your admin isn't done properly - nothing is done properly!) it isn't really satisfying my creative side. Plus, with my new working hours and work patterns - I'm having less time for the creative part - which isn't sitting well with me right now!

Administration as a whole is an undervalued part of the world of work. Certainly, all those who think getting rid of back-end staff and it won't affect front-line staff clearly have no clue about how things should be done. Proper administration isn't easy. It can be a boring, long slog of thankless tasks which aren't really appreciated (she says thinking about her whole working career!) and not always understood. Admin staff have horror stories about mis-filed work, incomprehensible storage spaces and colleagues and managers who don't value the work involved.

And I'm tired of it! I love filing, organising and sorting (seriously - no - filing? I LOVE FILING) but I'm pretty much at the top end of what I do now - and I'm tired.

So, my new focus is to do my current job to the best of my ability, finish off my Masters, and get cracking on my selling of crafts.

Hopefully if the weather is fine this weekend I shall wander out my garden to finish off the sanding of my Dryad Rug Loom! *crosses fingers* I've also been challenged by a friend to get a scarf warped and made by the second week of September - so I'm doing some small test pieces prior to putting a warp on my loom.

This job is to cover maternity leave and has a fixed end date. Hopefully by then - my brain will have a more focused path to follow and I will have sold some of my ridiculous amount of stock that is piling up in my house!