Today has been spent mainly organising how I will be able to survive while signed off from work. In my previous post, I explained how I was a few days short to be entitled to Sick Pay via Staples.

So today I phoned up the Jobcentre Plus ‘hotline’ concerning my options, and thankfully everything seems to be sorted for now – which is a huge weight off my mind! The down side is that I now have to wait a few days for stuff to come in the post, jump through a few more hoops, and hopefully by the end of it, perhaps I can actually get on with sorting out my issues.

I always thought that it was interesting how the ’system’ assumed that when you’re not working, you can do anything at any time to please the authorities. Now, if are unemployed and cannot find work, then to some extent I can agree with that. But I have been signed off by a professional, and yet still it feels that I am having to deal with everything BUT get better at the moment.

Hopefully tomorrow will change things…