Finally

Finally.  It was bound to happen sometime.  I have a lot of spare time for it now. I've no idea who will want to read this, but I've always wanted to write. I started thinking about writing a blog about 8 months ago. I had just lost my job at 54 and was wondering "What's next ? ".  "Nobobody will want me" I thought, "I'm much too old".  In the press they may say the prospects are good for the economy and the minister of employment is always saying things are getting better, but I'm no fool.  So I was expecting a long calvary of going to recruitment and temp agencies, being tested (psychologically and otherwise), and having in-depth conversations trying to bare my soul.
Being fired never is a good experience. Not even if your dismissal is the result of a reorganization and it doesn't matter how well you performed or how good you were at your job.  I know I am not the first person to get fired, nor will I be the last and so it seems trivial.   The first time I was fired, my dismissal was just 1 out of about 40 at the same time. The company I worked for merged with, or rather was swallowed by a much bigger company.  After the takeover the whole of my department had to go, and me and my dear colleagues, friends I had been working with for ages, all had to leave.  I myself had worked there for 25 years. We all received a nice amount of redundancy pay but still, it felt as if I had done something wrong, that I had somehow failed.  But, as they say : "C'est la vie", and I looked for and found a new job but I lost it again 3 months later.   I guess That"s how it 'll be this time round (finfing a job I mean, not losing it again), although my partner doesn't seem to mind that he's not woken by an alarm going off in the early morning. He thinks it's perfect to have me round the house for a change. I am not sure however, how long this will last, but untill I start to get on his nerves, at least someone is happy with my altered work status and it does give me the time to blog.  But maybe I shouldn't spend my time behind a keyboard and perhaps taking up jogging or swimming is a better option ?