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I was about to start this post earlier this morning, when I suddenly heard gushing water, I thought that doesn't sound normal for my washing machine, ran out to the kitchen to find water cascading out of my cupboard!! Kind of sums up the last few months I've had really...
My van has been in and out of the garage since August, finally got it back, back after spending an arm, a leg and a kidney on it... all good, felt lovely, then I noticed it had been dropping a bit of gearbox oil(just had that all rebuilt with new clutch etc), promptly chose to try and ignore it because I really couldn't face there being another problem but then a couple of times this week I've felt the clutch slip a little bit going up hill... so now I have to contact the garage yet again, pah!
On top of all that, four of my lovely dogs have bimbled over the rainbow bridge this year, which has been heart breaking, plus one has retired(or his owners have) and another one's mobility has deteriorated, so can no longer get out for his walk with me
... So that's six of my regulars gone in the last few months...
That's kind of why I feel I'm at a crossroads, with the loss of these dogs I'm down to about 9 regular walks a week with adhoc walks added here and there. I don't know whether to go all out advertising to try and find new clients, which will of course take time. Or try something else, either way I need to find an income fairly quick! I've thought about going back to care work, maybe to fit around the walks I still have, I've also just about finished re writing my Reiki teaching manuals, so teaching is another avenue I'd like wander down...but time is of the essence in reality... sometimes I think I'll just go and work in a supermarket for a bit, but I'm not mad on having to deal with people, I quite like working on my own!
All the problems and expense of the van has definitely made me consider my options, needing it for my job has almost broken me... I can get around on my scooter, as all my walks are one dog at a time, but they are either elderly, anxious or reactive, so having to walk somewhere with them is not the best option.
And just to add the icing on the cake, yesterday I felt the rumblings of the biggest cold sore in the world erupting on my face!! On the upside, the sun is shining today and I had a really lovely walk with my one beautiful dog this morning. I'm not going to ruin it by phoning the garage, that can wait until Monday!
My van has been in and out of the garage since August, finally got it back, back after spending an arm, a leg and a kidney on it... all good, felt lovely, then I noticed it had been dropping a bit of gearbox oil(just had that all rebuilt with new clutch etc), promptly chose to try and ignore it because I really couldn't face there being another problem but then a couple of times this week I've felt the clutch slip a little bit going up hill... so now I have to contact the garage yet again, pah!
On top of all that, four of my lovely dogs have bimbled over the rainbow bridge this year, which has been heart breaking, plus one has retired(or his owners have) and another one's mobility has deteriorated, so can no longer get out for his walk with me
... So that's six of my regulars gone in the last few months...That's kind of why I feel I'm at a crossroads, with the loss of these dogs I'm down to about 9 regular walks a week with adhoc walks added here and there. I don't know whether to go all out advertising to try and find new clients, which will of course take time. Or try something else, either way I need to find an income fairly quick! I've thought about going back to care work, maybe to fit around the walks I still have, I've also just about finished re writing my Reiki teaching manuals, so teaching is another avenue I'd like wander down...but time is of the essence in reality... sometimes I think I'll just go and work in a supermarket for a bit, but I'm not mad on having to deal with people, I quite like working on my own!
All the problems and expense of the van has definitely made me consider my options, needing it for my job has almost broken me... I can get around on my scooter, as all my walks are one dog at a time, but they are either elderly, anxious or reactive, so having to walk somewhere with them is not the best option.
And just to add the icing on the cake, yesterday I felt the rumblings of the biggest cold sore in the world erupting on my face!! On the upside, the sun is shining today and I had a really lovely walk with my one beautiful dog this morning. I'm not going to ruin it by phoning the garage, that can wait until Monday!
I think though I'm going to embrace them as they are and hope the content is the most important bit. I have practised on my daughter and goddaughter using one of the manuals and it worked really well, I found teaching them from something I had created made it so much easier, I was actually quite proud of myself!
