Update about me a personal Blog Post.

Update about me, a personal Blog Post.

Unlike my usual posts which are almost always book reviews or book related, this is a brief update on whats going on in my life (and as such, probably nobody will read it, or care)

It's also an apology if I'm not posting reviews as frequently as usual and taking part in fewer blog tours and book promotions. It's because I have somewhat less time and energy for both reading and writing lengthy reviews. So if you follow my blog and enjoy my book recommendations, fear not, I still intend to review every single book I have enjoyed. But there may be fewer books as I now have a little less time to read and they also may be a little shorter, but I hope they will still help you decide if you might like a book and find a few new ones to read.

Like many others I'm one of the Waspi women. I should have retired gracefully when I reached 60 (now 3 years ago) I've worked hard all my life and I was ready to retire, wanted to stop working and had great plans for all the things I'd do as soon as I received the old age pension I've worked for all my life.

But I didn't get any pension, and won't until I'm 66 and the little part time, zero hour contract job a few hours a week I had downshifted to, as my deliberate wind down to retirement and had dipped into my savings to fund, was no longer enough to keep up our decent standard of living. 

I searched depressingly and frustratingly long and hard for 2 years for a better paid, permanant job but nobody wanted to take on a 60 plus female with her attendant ageing aches and pains and an underlying bitterness towards having had the rug kicked out from under my feet.

However... I finally landed on my feet, and found an employer prepared to take a chance on me and train me to take on a new role and new challenges despite my memory being awful and my stamina a joke. I've been in my new role just over a year now and I'm still learning new things every day (or trying to).

I'm working hard as a bathroom designer, working for an amazingly supportive and caring family firm who have all but adopted me into the family business, They have given me a new sense of purpose and fulfillment and I LOVE my new job and my employers.

But I do find it hard. I find it pretty exhausting to be honest and some things have had to go by the wayside (hoovering and ironing to name just 2!!)

So this isn't really a moan, nor is it an excuse but I have been feeling a little guilty that my book blog has had to take somewhat of a backseat and I wanted to explain why.