Life Gaps

Have you ever been desperate enough to go back to an old job. Well, I would not recommend it, even its only for a day. One day, my previous job calls me into the office because they are desperately short staffed. Agreeing is perhaps the worst decision I ever made. Going back into the office that let me go is weird and unsettling. ‘Oh you are back’ says everyone who passes me by. They all look confused at my return. I have not been gone long but to them it is a lifetime. The day couldn't end quicker and even my manager senses it is an unpleasant experience for me.  Feeling paranoid that everyone is talking about me even though they are probably not is tearing me up inside. Never again. On reflection, my mind had already decided before I went to work, that the day was not going to be good. Trying to rewire your subconscious thoughts can be tricky.

Right!! So, I am unemployed again and with only one year's experience I still do not have enough experience to get a paid job so I am left with no choice but to do another internship for a week in England for a production company. Is this a waste of time? Well here is my story below. I will let you decide. My week's internship does not start on not such a high note. Arriving at the airport in late summer, an evening flight to London Gatwick is taken. The flight is full and in order to avoid the queues from baggage claim on arrival - a carry on bag is taken with me on board. However, I also have a very small handbag too and so a sickening £80 penalty must be paid upfront as a result of breaking their strict airline rules.  From Gatwick, a long bus journey is taken to a university town. The trip is spectacular and makes me reconsider my preconceptions of the English countryside as dull and industrial. In fact, it is just the opposite. On arrival, the village building...