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I work in a childrens nursery once a week. It's generally great but 2 things hard to work with there...firstly the concentration span of the kids is pretty much zero so hard to teach them to even sow a seed but they're gradually getting interested. These said Children also wear the grass out in their gardens by running around so I have to returf on a regular basis...the ground is not only so compacted by hundreds of feet it is also poor soil and a total pig to work with! I feel broken at the end of a job!
I think not enough hours in the day is quite frustrating...even now the daylight hours are longer! I always seem to have one more job to do! Then another...then another...
Before a quick shop for dinner I have wet wipes and squirty smelly stuff in my car...a quick swish of these do the job if I look too much like a compost heap,but I generally don't care as the builder blokes look more minging than me! Maybe we girls could have fold up showers in our vehicles to freshen up in!
Also in my car I have spare pair of socks...sun tan lotion...factor 50...spare dry tops...lipsyl as I can't bear lipstick...mascara...mints...nail file and spare pair of sunglasses! Do you really carry eye lash curlers Kerrie? Haha!
Oh and by the way I don't mind squatting...I'm well practised at finding a private spot!
Facilities, well I usually find a quiet leafy corner - I find that there's something liberating about an 'al fresco' session.
I find that going to the supermarket etc.. exhilerating after a muddy gardening session - I have the best job in the world, I'm bloody good at what I do, which brings confidence in itself, and any funny looks get a 'Cazzie special glare', they're just jealous at being stuck in a soul destroying environment being fed with crappy 'muzac' on the tannoy - I'm speaking from experience here, I had to do a supermarket managers job for twelve months whilst bringing up my children.
My emergency arsenal - a smile of course! and, depending on who the client is, all the things in your bag of tricks Kerrie, plus a diamonte thong.......................... (joke!)
After 30 years in insurance,the time was definitely right to break away and i am loving it !!!It obviously isnt all plain sailing but I will not ever go back to an office.I just need to curb my spending but at this stage of my life I no longer hanker after shiny new cars ( although I would take one if it was free obviously! ).I like going into Tescos with my hair like a hay stack and my hands grubby,the fact I can go where I want when I want and not answer to anyone but myself is the most liberating thing!! The corporate suits will soon be off to the charity shop although I would really like a ceremonial burn up in the garden !
You girls are so lucky to have your van all to yourself,full of all your ' stuff ',I have to clear mine out every weekend ready for the family to use !!
Have a lovely week
Shadow
Weeeell - have to admit I,m quite selfish. Leave the whole arsenal in the car, including the lawn mower!! Then if we need to clear it out cos we're taking the dog out, say, hubby gets a quick flutter of the eyelashes and 'oooh, I've worked so hard all week I don't think I could possibly lift the mower again'!! At the mo having to use a courtesy car and am finding it very difficult to respect it!
As for emergency kit, as long as I have a hairbrush and a spanking pair of sunglasses, I'm happy to go anywhere. Not had a problem with funny looks yet - I think I'd have to come home and have a shower for a weekly shop, but just popping into Tesco Express does not warrant a change of clothes or a wash - the boy racers in there don't give a monkeys about me anyway. They're far too busy hoping to be looked at themselves!!
Visiting a new client always fun after a day in the field - makes them realise I do the work myself. At this time of year turn up soaking wet and bronzed to the max - they normally understand. Will spritz a bit of body spray just for appearances sake.
I find the hardest jobs are the ones holding heavy equipment up ladders, even just step ladders. Why manufacturers haven't worked out that these days it's more likely to be ladies doing the heavy work in the garden is beyond me. A job that would take a man 1/2 hour will take me 2 cos I have jelly arms after 5 minutes of wielding a hedge trimmer or brush cutter. I'm quite capable but they're soooo bloody heavy!!!!!!
Gong to the loo - I have to come home if there's no one in. No question about it - I simply can't face 'the squat'. memories of my nan standing me in the middle of a field and saying ' there you go, no one lookin!!!'
Great topic
Debs
Pete, ha ha, fantastic- A SHEWEE! (British invention, did you have a hand, as it were, in it?) Given it some thought but it is not something I would carry about in my pocket (especially afters). Great idea, plastic gadget to help pee like a man, but just can't imagine that it would, well, be very nice to use. Think I will stick to getting a key to the property when on site (that way there is always a decent cuppa on offer) or finding the local pub if the garden is overlooked. Making friends with the Neighbour's or just swatting if in the wild!
Eyelash curlers? you bet. I've yet to use them though after a hard days graft, just can't be arsed!
as for meeting a client i think most people would be happy to see someone was 'hands on' don't you think? but agree a squirt of deo+ a tidy up wouldn't hurt! :-)
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