Bit Of Good News, Lots Of Bad

 The good news is that Alfie didn't need to stay in the vets, he came home the same day.  Also the vet didn't charge as much as he usually does.  Alfie got the full works while he was there, nails clipped and flea treatment but there no charge for that.  He has medicine for the next week but he is already a lot better.  He was purring a lot yesterday and then racing around with the other cats.

Happier Alfie

Where to start with the bad news?

First of all it has suddenly gone very cold.  I like the cold weather, it's a lot easier to deal with than the hot weather.  The problem is in the sudden change, last week it was up to 22C during the day, lows of about 12C at night.  This morning it was just 4C, and now it's only 11C and probably won't get any higher!!!  I really don't want to put the gas heaters on as it's very expensive.  Which leads to the next bad news, still no new students, my income only just covers the bills and rent. David is buying food and cat food, which is good but he needs to save for his own car.  Also I'm wondering what will happen the end of this year and next spring.  Because of the school year starting in April in Japan, junior high school and high school kids start the preperation for entrance exams.  For public junior high there isn't a test but for the private schools there are and for all high schools there are tests, so lot of kids start quitting to focus on that.  Then in spring we lose a few more because of new schedules.  The best would be to start getting new students now to off set the ones that will quit.

The last bit of bad news is that I'm not loosing weight.  I'm bouncing up and down the same one kilo.  I'm not stress eating but also not eating very healthy. I do need to exercise, the most exercise I've had recently was shopping with Hannah and pulling weeds from the garden.  Better than nothing but I need to do something everyday!!

Hannah is doing very well.  She did a math lesson last week, one of the teachers said that the lesson didn't look like she was a beginner.  This week she has to do English and history.  She said yesterday that the kids kept asking the same question about what they had to do.  I told her that the secomd time she explains she should tell the kids that this is the last time she is going to explain the instructions.  These kids will be in junior high school next year and the teachers don't explain things over and over again. 

She is also enjoying her life at the apartment.  She calls to chat every evening and asks about cooking, so I think once she has recovered a few cooking lessons are needed!!!