Losing my benefits

Since leaving the Comhairle there is a period of readjustment as the house is emptied of the various pieces of rubbish that have gathered over the years. I've kept some very important documents and reports, and some pieces of correspondence that may 'come in useful' later.

I've also kept the reports on the major events that occurred during my time as a Councillor, and the various minutes of meetings, just in case anything reappears in due course.

My Comhairle email address has been cancelled, which has dramatically reduced the spam which I receive, and is a blessing.

Unfortunately, the mailing lists have not kept pace with the reality, and I am still receiving copies of letters, invites to conferences and magazines. In the later category "Recycling and Waste World" have invited me to renew my subscription for their magazine. As I suspect the 'subscription' came about from my position as Chair, I'm not planning to spend the £88 they want to get answers to questions such as "Can housing built from tyres, soil, bottles and beer cans be sustainable and yet practical to live in?".

I am - ever so slightly - missing the prospect of the bundle of 500 pages of Committee papers dropping on my mat this weekend. That'll soon pass.