Today has been taken up with two main things. Firstly a trip to the local supermarket this morning to pick up some cat treats for our two moggies, although also to see if there were any post-Easter chocolate egg bargains to be had. Spoiler Alert: there were. So we now have a bunch more chocolate in the house. Our twin boys will scoff most of it, but there’s still a some for my wife and I to enjoy.
The other thing has been looking for employment opportunities for our son. He is about to finish an internship where we had been given some hope that there might be a job for him, but it now looks like that won’t be the case (nothing to do with his performance, which has been exemplary). So we are now moving to the next stage of his working life, which is slightly uncertain at present as it’s the first time he’ll be outside of educational support.
We spotted a vacancy at a new store that is opening not far from where we live which might have suitable roles, and dropped his CV in this morning, which led to a phone call this afternoon with an offer of an interview. This is great news on one hand, but having looked at staff reviews of the employer, I’m a bit concerned that it might not be a good place to work. Those parental worries kicking in again…
Whatever the case, the interview will be a good thing for him to experience, even if he doesn’t get the job, or decides against taking it. We’re fortunate to be in a position where he can live with us for as long as he needs to, which is comforting.
Apropos of nothing, a photograph of some modern housing at Kelham Island.
Yashica Mat 124G & Lomography Color Negative 400. Lab developed. Home scanned and converted with Negative Lab Pro.
Taken on 2 February 2025
Steel City Snapper photography 
Good luck with your son. We do our best to get them ready for the world!
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Thanks Lasousa. Appreciate the sentiment. 🙂
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I remember losing a job in 2002 after the dot-com bubble burst. It was super hard to get a job in software engineering for several years. I got picked up at one of the US’s largest health insurers in their software-dev department. It was a HORRIBLE place to work. But they paid well and it let me ride things out until the market for what I do bounced back. Working >> not working!!
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Thanks Jim. I agree in general that working is preferable, but we have to be considerate of my son’s disability when looking at these things. A hostile workplace would be much more difficult for him to navigate. Hard work isn’t an issue, but disorganisation, poor training, and bad management definitely would be.
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