Apologies, dear reader. I’ve been feeling sorry myself since my last posting as in the interim, my employment status is not good.
I’m out of work. Company I used to receive a salary from has become a victim of the ongoing depression and the relatively new experience of being out of work is not a pleasant one.
Like most Daily Mail readers, I thought that life on the dole would be a doddle. Free money, free housing, free everything. Not so.
It’s a nightmare. Where are all the so-called benefits that allow me to live in the lap of luxury? This job-seekers allowance wouldn’t keep me in the basics, never mind all the fringe elements that I’m used to.
I’ve got some savings, not much, in fact very modest, so I think I’ll be OK for a few months.
Keep watching.
