September | 2015 | you never learn mum

Yesterday I put in the wash a pyjama top from Matalan because it had come out of a previous wash smelling like, hmm cat pee? I thought that the dreaded alzheimer had started to play trick and I had mixed it with clean clothes rather than thrown it into the laundry basket. Still that wouldn’t explain the foul smell; I swear I do wash my clothes well before they pong that bad. I have just been to fold away / iron that particular wash only to be met with that hideous smell again and only from that top; everything else smells just lovely. I don’t get it. So I have checked the label and there to my astonishment I read “contains non-textile parts of animal origin”. What the heck are those and are they the cause of the smell? There are no buttons or anything that could even slightly suggest using a non textile part of an animal (spare the thought) on what is basically just a T-shirt. So what’s going on Matalan? What is in my T-shirt and how on earth do I get the smell off? I certainly can’t wear that again

Have been up since 6am, pondering my future with gloom rather than excitement. Why ain’t I happy? After all I am off to sunny Cannes tomorrow. Well I hope it’s sunny or I’ll ask for my money back! But while it will be nice to see the family, get a bit of fresh air and walk the sites I haven’t visited for over 15 years (or there about), I am anxious at disappearing for a week when in the middle of finding a new job and preferably the perfect job for me; ie interesting, within walking distance and of course outrageously well paid so I can save for my fast approaching retirement. Not too much to ask, is it? Unfortunately and realistically, just finding an employer who’ll have me may be the only criteria I can hope for. I can’t help thinking that they’ll be counting the years left in me and thinking “not worth it”, “too old for change”, etc, etc. I can counter all that, but only if given the chance. Continue reading →