This week my Word of the Week is: Progress!! #WotW

This week my Word of the Week is:

What a week! It seems to have flown over but at the same time dragged on. One minute it was Sunday morning and I was thinking about everything I needed to get done and now here we are at the weekend and I am wondering where the week went! I am very glad that it's the weekend. I think I need a bit of a breather after this week because it feels like there has been something going on every single day!

The big news from this week is that Ellie has bagged herself a job! At the moment, it is only a temporary one with four weeks of work but there is a possibility that it could lead to a temporary position afterwards. So, of course, we are keeping everything crossed and hoping that it works out for her. It is a start and after all the applications, waiting, interviews and stress we're very happy! Hopefully, this job will give her some experience and confidence too. If nothing more comes of it, she has at least 4 weeks worth of wages, something else to put on her CV and another reference. As well as getting everything sorted for her new job, Ellie is doing an English course to get the equivalent of the GCSE that she didn't pass. She has also had appointments almost every day this week, been sorting out all the paperwork and other things she needed for work and somehow still managed to find time to see her friends. I don't know where she gets the energy from. She did make me chuckle this week when she was filling out some forms. She hadn't written very much by hand since she was in college and she was sat there struggling. Not because she didn't know what to write but because her hand was aching! She did have quite a lot to write though. It sure did make me realise how much we have all got used to typing everything. I can't remember the last time I sat down and wrote more than a shopping list.

Monday was busy for me too. I was helping my dad and brother out with some admin stuff for their business. They don't usually have that much admin to do but the powers that be have brought in some new policies and there have been a lot of hoops to jump through and forms to fill in over the last month or so. It's not hard work but it is annoying. Over the last couple of weeks, the powers that be have been sending letters out which are fine but the emails are stupid! They are automated with reference numbers on them but no actual details about what part of the business the reference numbers refer to, which is not helpful! My dad rang them and managed to speak to an actual person but the person he spoke to was just as clueless and said to ignore the emails and hope that letters are sent with more details. That doesn't seem very professional to me. If you are sending people emails about something important and giving them reference numbers, surely the email should actually tell them what the reference number is for. It has made everything more difficult than it needs to be. I was back at my dad's yesterday and there was more admin to do. We seem to be making progress with it though. I know paperwork is just part of running a business but it's like this paperwork has been created just to make life more difficult than it needs to be.

I had planned to go shopping on Tuesday with the girls but by Tuesday it felt like I'd had a week of it already after spending most of Sunday cooking the roast dinner and being at my dad's on Monday. lol I just wanted a day to myself to catch up on things. I did miss out on a trip to TK Maxx and M&S which I am a little sad about, so I am going to have to drag Stu out sometime. I will need him to carry the bags. hehehe.

Looking back progress sums up my week. Ellie has got herself a job for now, started her English course and is getting into a new routine which feels like a big step forward for her. I've also made progress with my dad and brother, getting through the thick of all that admin even if there is still more to do!

How has your week been? I hope you have had a good one! I am of course linking up with Anne who blogs at Raisie Bay to join in with her Word of the Week linky!