Into the future...

Well then, aren't things looking up?!?

Since my last post there have been some dramatic changes taking place in the life of Mr Perry & family. I'm out of the pub, have had a fantastic summer with my boys and am looking forward to starting a new job and a whole new chapter of my life.

The last couple of weeks at the Punch were probably the best two weeks I had there. Having admitted defeat and accepted that I would be moving on I was released from the pressures and stress of all the things that I would otherwise had to have done. Friends and supporters of my time there came out in force and helped me to "Drink it dry" as I was told that I would not receive any monies for my outstanding stock. This culminated in the final weekend when I priced everything at £2, got in a heavy metal band purely for my own enjoyment and, quite frankly, had a weekend long party! The remaining stock came home with me and I have thoroughly enjoyed consuming it over the course of the summer!

I managed to pay off all of my local suppliers and am left with just a few (albeit huge!) creditors with whom I am currently negotiating.

Also in my last few weeks there I became aware of a vacancy at Severn Hospice for a "Community Fundraising Advisor", a position that not only suited my natural skills but one that also suited my sense of community and my ideal of wanting to do something that benefitted others as well as my own self and family. I threw everything at getting the post and was delighted to be offered the position, starting next week the 13th of September.

I'll obviously write more about it once I am settled into the role but it is a largely "office hours" position that will herald a whole new way of life for myself and my family. I will be free most weekends to "do stuff" with my boys and MrsP as well as regaining some kind of a social life for myself.

There are many things yet to be sorted out as I put the self employed period of my life to bed but for now I can only look forward to a new direction and the exciting times that lie ahead.

There will shortly be a separate post celebrating the wonderful time that I have had this summer but for now, thanks for reading....

Mike