July 31st, I finally said goodbye to my team on our WhatsApp work group. I didn't know these people because I never met them so I didn't feel any emotion when I thanked them for their well wishes. I only felt joy and gratitude for the opportunity to be useful to an organisation in the last year. I was particularly happy when my country lead who's also my friend, told me I was one of the easiest people to work with, because that's really how I like getting work done.
The next day, I didn't know what to do with myself. I felt like I ought to be busy and it felt very weird to not be in front of my screen editing articles. I tried resuming my data analysis classes but the network in Yenegoa was so bad, I couldn't do my exercises. I mostly lazied around and was on my phone checking details about life in the UK. If you haven't been keeping up with my husband, belemo's posts or gotten any hints from my older posts, we're moving to the UK in a bit and that's the reason I finally quit my job.
Currently, I don't have a regular source of income like I'm used to having but I'm already job hunting for part-time roles in the UK. I don't have big expectations, in fact, I'm ready to do blue, grey, whatever collared jobs there are, I just need to earn something. I have an idea of what I'm getting into from tales of friends and others and I think I'm mentally prepared.
For now, I'm enjoying time with family and breaking down into tears every now and then at the thought of not seeing them in a while. These last weeks here have been a bit of a vacation and I've tried to not bother much about my unemployed state or making money. I will ease into sharing on hive instead now that I have all the time, before life takes over all of my time again.