Entry posted by Waspie_Dwarf
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It's been 15 months since my last entry. I've been back on UM for about 2 months now, after 8 months without a computer and life has changed a little bit since then.
Once upon a time I had a good job, which paid well. Then the dreaded redundancy came. I was already suffering depression at the time and that pushed me into a state that took a long time to recover from. I was unemployed for around three years and in that time I managed to accumulate a fair bit of debt. Just under 2 years ago I managed to get back to work. The pay is a lot less than I was used to, and as for a carreer mocve I am back at the bottom step of the ladder... where I started out 26 years ago... but the important thing is that I am on the ladder.
The problem was that rather than helping the debt, initially it made matters worse. When my cats assassinated my lap top I simply did not have the money to buy a new one. I started my long exile from UM.
Then, unexpectedly I got a rather official looking letter. It was a large cheque, the result of some investments I had made back when I was sensible and had a good job. In the space of a few weeks two more such cheques arrived. Now I am not only debt free but I even have a small amount of savings. I also have a lovely new computer and my UM exile is over.
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