Options on an anniversary

 I am not moving again!!

Yesterday it was exactly one calendar year ago that I arrived back in the Netherlands. Last year it was on a Sunday, this year obviously a Monday. When I arrived back, I had no place to live other than with my parents, no job and little prospects. My head was in turmoil and I was still wondering whether I had made the right decision moving back.

One year on and one thing is for certain: I did make the right decision. Very much so. My recent visit to my sister proved it: lovely to visit, don't want to live there again! One year on and I was doing fine job wise as well: a steady job lined up for this spring/summer and I would be working until then. 

Well, that was last week anyway. Yes, the steady job lined up is still there, but the one until then has had a bit of a change. Before the weekend: not working this week. On Saturday: working this week. On Monday (while working): not working anymore. The news on Saturday had been that the temping agencies had made an agreement with the company. Turns out: only the one who has the most drivers working for them. The agency I work for only has one driver (ie me) and that's it. 

Which in turn meant that I am now unemployed. To a degree anyway as there are options open of course. Continue to work with absolutely no guarantee of getting paid. Change agencies. Go on the dole. Work elsewhere. 

The first option is a no-go. I would be losing money, which is counter-productive. Option 2 is something I am now looking into with everything crossed. The third option is not something I would want to do, but is a viable option. And the last option is a possibility. Albeit with some major strings attached. 

At the moment my commute to work is about 25 km or 45 km depending on where the bus is parked. This is one way. Takes about half an hour. If I were to work elsewhere (temporary), the most local one is not an option as they, quite rightly, don't think it's in their best interest to train me up, only to loose me in a couple of months' time. So, less local. Like Amsterdam or Purmerend. Between 100 and 125 km one way. No chance you do that daily up and down, so it would have to have a stay-over of one or two nights. So, options a-plenty, not sure which one it will turn out to be. 

One thing that has changed since last year is that my mood hasn't been affected as much by all this hullabaloo. It is what it is, I can't do much about it and I just need to go with the flow. If anything, that's a result!