Filling One's Basket

This is an interesting card to receive. The woman stands under the tree with an empty basket. Like me, you're probably expecting her to soon fill it with the hanging coins. I imagine that she will, but who knows how long it will take for them to become available. Patience is gold.

Today has been a busy one. I was up early to get to my maths class. My new tutor is a rocker with long hair and tattoos, is very friendly, and seems to think he'll be able to get me through the eventual equivalency test for my PGCE. I did a test, where I probably got about a quarter of the questions wrong, but in review, this was down to my not reading the questions properly. I can't tell you how much I hate mathematical problems. He said he will help with the basics and then slip subjects needed for the test into our sessions. My brain was aching by the end of the lesson.

After I got home, my friend and her daughter turned up in a black taxi, ready to help decorate my room. We managed to paint out two of the walls, and even though it is not yet finished, it feels brighter and warmer already. My friend's little girl wanted desperately to help, but ended up getting more of the paint on herself, the armchair, and my computer table than on the walls. My boyfriend and I plan to get the rest done tomorrow. It will probably be that bit easier with natural light.

Today's card looks at the results of hard work. I am not entirely sure what this represents, since it could be highlighting a number of things. It might be about the groundwork I already put into the decorating of my room or it could have something to do with my new maths class. However, I think it is connected with something else that happened today. While rushing through town to get to my class, I ran into three friends. Two of them are very old and good mates. The third is a woman I haven't seen in a few years. Asking what I was doing for work, she scribbled her email address down on a bit of paper when I said I wasn't working at the moment. She is in the process of starting up her own business. When I asked her what it was that the project is which she might want my involvement in, I was a little surprised by her answer. I won't say what it is just yet, since I have only just fired off my email to her. What I will tell you is that should something come of it, it would be an even more bizzaar rung on my career ladder than those I have tread already.


Illustration from The Legacy of the Divine by Ciro Marchetti