Pumpkin's rant of the day: Work, play, and wimpy kids!

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Hi guys. Today's rant is more silly than ranty I think. First of all, work. Some of us are fortunate to have jobs we love, or jobs which fit nicely with our family, or, if you're really lucky, a job which fits both of those descriptions. I am not such a person. I don't like my job as it is but when I'm supposed to be able to choose my hours but can't, that's bad. I prefer school hours (which I said before I started). I don't mind doing some non-school hours but it's difficult. Not only does it mean having to get someone else to look after my boys sometimes but it means I miss out on the time with them which I should have with them which is the reason I work part time for an agency rather than having a 'proper' job. Well, usually, my parents would have the boys after school if I worked later than they would finish. Next week, though, my parents are on holiday. That means I can only do school hours. When I said that, I was told they had shifts for me finishing at 4pm and 4:30pm. Well, I don't know where they went to school but the area we live in (and where the agency is based) schools usually finish between 3pm and 3:45pm. What I really want is to work for an agency where I can give them my availability at the beginning of the week (or the end of the previous week) and then they find me work. That's how I thought agencies worked, especially as they advertise with the fact that you can choose your hours. Evidently, you can't choose your hours. They expect your availability to be the same every week. Well, to me, that seems daft. If I could guarantee that my availability would be the same each week, I'd be looking for a proper job. Oh and I also work as bank staff for another company who haven't paid me for most of the work I've done so far. I don't want to give up either job because I don't want to be not working but it's getting a bit much and I'm wondering if I'll manage when I'm studying again as well. I've worked over the holidays and it's felt like I haven't had much time for my own children. So I took them out today as it's the last day of holidays when we're all together. Midi is at his Dad's from now until Sunday. I'll be working Monday, Mini is back at school on Tuesday then Midi returns to school on Wednesday. Oh did I mention that Midi got an A in his Chemistry GCSE? And a Distinction for his Media Studies? :) He's in his last year of secondary school when he goes back but he'll be staying on at their sixth form college for another two years. Midi will be in his last year at primary school so I have to apply for a secondary school for him. I have mixed feelings about where to send him but they don't make it easy when all but one school he could go to doesn't have their open evenings until a few weeks before the application cut-off. Well, that's work. Onto play. As I've just said, it doesn't seem like I've done a lot over the holidays. We have been on holiday and had a couple of days out and a bit of time at the park though. However, I noticed that while the summer holiday hasn't been particularly full of stuff, I have plans for six of the next seven weekends. It's that old adage like buses, nothing for ages and then everything all at once. As for the wimpy kids. Well, I took them to a kids theme park. It's called Wicksteed Park and it's a huge area with boating lakes, fairground, playgrounds, trains, and other stuff. The biggest ride is a small roller-coaster which I went on by myself as they wouldn't go on with me! I took Midi on a pirate ship (the one that goes up and down and really high). Midi squealed like a girl and his face went even paler than it usually is! Here's me, going to skydive in a few weeks *shameless insertion of my JustGiving page: ), and I have a 15 year old who can't even manage a pirate ship, and neither boy who will go on even a baby roller-coaster! OK, that's all for now. Laters taters