A blogger virgin

I have heard of blogging and wondered why people do it? For some reason the lyrics of the Police song 'Message in a bottle' spring to mind. So I guess I'm throwing out my message to the world and joining the "one hundred million bottles washed upon the shore." I guess no one wants to be alone in being alone nowdays.

So what do I want the world to know about me? I'm married with two children and after taking ten years off I have returned to the workplace. Despite all the hype about work-life balance part time is hard to find. I managed to get a maternity cover for six months, which I enjoyed and was extended. But after eighteen months my contract was not renewed and I am again job-hunting. All this sounds very positive but unfortunate it now seems that the reasons for non-renewal ie project finished and HR not justifing headcount, may have been an excuse. Especially as someone else in deptment decided to leave and was told to keep it quiet till after I'd gone. I have no reason to believe there was a problem with my work and feel that treatment stems from one man (who became my manager at Xmas), although why I don't know. My confidence is at an all-time low and I seem to be raking it over in my head instead of moving on.