hi ho, hi ho, it's off to work he goes...

With the current economic climate, job-seeking isn’t easy, and we weren’t particularly surprised when Marc found it hard to find work. Fortunately we still have some savings left, and we have been using them to contribute to household bills and expenses at my parents’. We have also been able to claim Child Tax Credits, which took a long time to be processed, but were paid into our bank account this week.

However, Marc had signed up to a recruitment agency and a supply teaching agency, and tomorrow he (at last!) has his first day of work. It’s in a Middle School, this being one of the last regions in the country where middle schools still exist. They teach children from 9 to 14 years old (I think!) and he is doing general supply work, so not necessarily his own subject, Science. He’s a bit nervous about it, so if anyone sees this before tomorrow, please do say a prayer for him! You can think of Simon too, who isn’t used to his dad disappearing off to work in the morning – it’s been a long time since that was the case!