Changes Ahead

Change nothing and nothing changes.

I'm trying to be more healthy by drinking more water, so this Nelgene Cosmo water bottle has become my constant companion

I had so many ideas on what to write about the changes that are coming my way. However now that I'm actually sitting here, at the library, with the keyboard under my fingers and the computer screen in front of me, I don't know what to write about or how to start this post. All I know is that I want to write something about the changes that are happening over the next few days. My mind is swirling with verious ideas and thoughts that I want to put into writing but they're all disjointed and mixed up. I don't want to start rambling and bouncing about from one topic to another without any points of reference between one paragraph and the next. Now that things are starting to flow a bit more, I'm going to give this post a try, and hopefully by the end of it, the whole thing is going to make sense. So have fun reading this. As a warning, I should point out that I may also end up repeating things that I mentioned in the post that I wrote a few weeks back.

Life in Crawley is the same as it has been since I moved here two years ago (sometimes I've found it hard to believe that I've been here two years now). The heat of summer has hit, and I'm enjoying it, whilst trying not to burn too badly (I've got strong celtic roots from both my parents). Work is the same as it has been over the last seven months (basically since I started working at Travelodge). The number of staff members behind the bar has increased again. We've also had new members of the management team come through, though this hasn't effected the reasons behind my decision to leave the hotel.

I'm counting down the days until I leave. Its something I've done since I got back from my holiday last week, as people keep asking me how many days or shifts I have left. Its not because I don't enjoy my job. I honestly love working behind the bar, its just the fact that I'm in desperate need for a change. I need to have the opportunity and possibility to go somewhere with my life. I don't feel like I have that at Travelodge. I need to feel like I'm able to aspire to something, to become someone. Over the last six weeks, I've realised that even if it were offered to me, I didn't want to be a supervisor at Travelodge. I have friends who are supervisors at Travelodge, and I saw what the stress of the job did to them, for the miniscule payrise that the promotion gave them. My choice to transfer to Wetherspoon has meant that even though my job description hasn't changed, my wage has gone up considerably and I will be getting paid more than my supervisor friends are, even though I'm not a supervisor. I haven't started my new job yet (I start next week on Tuesday) but I'm really excited to see what happens at Wetherspoon.

Before I applied to work for Wetherspoon at Gatwick Airport I did see their job add online, several times whenever I would be looking for jobs to apply for. However, there was the whole thing of my five year work and residency history. I need to have references for all the jobs I've had for the last five years, and police clearance reports for the countries I've lived in (in the last five years) if I've lived outside the UK, which I have (the Netherlands). I did write about this in a previous post (linked here). At the end of the day, I am glad to be going back to working in a pub, even though I am expecting some rediculiously early starts, though I'll post more about this once I've got my rota from them. Its all very exciting!

Over the next few weeks, my posts might get a bit sparce as I adjust to working both early and late shifts, as well as the commute to a busy international airport. I honestly don't know what to expect as I've never worked in an airport before, despite having really wanted to. I'm glad I waited, and applied when I did.

Until next time!