Getting Ready

 Tomorrow, Hannah and I are going on our little trip, 3 nights, 4 days away.

I'm really looking forward to it. Any chance to get away from this house helps.

I hope that during this time, I can have a chance to figure out some things. 

One of my biggest worries is my income, or lack thereof. David has been putting leaflets for our English school, but no calls at all. I'm trying to have hope that there are people out there who want or need English, but I really don't know. Our main target is elementary school kids, especially since the schools teach English from 3rd grade, but the level of teaching is a bit hit and miss; most teachers don't really speak English and are just reading from a book! But I found out that one of the local elementary schools has closed, as there aren't enough kids to keep it open. A bit worrying!

We will keep the idea of having an English school here open for a while longer. I do enjoy teaching; I've been doing it for 35 years. 

I would love to make some money from my blogs, this one and my cat blog (81 Lives......Another Cat Blog). The cat blog needs some work done on it! I was thinking of selling some merch. One lady, who has a lovely YouTube channel, has T-shirts, hoodies and tote bags with her motto on, in English and Japanese, "Life is a Journey". I asked AI what a good motto would be for this blog. It came up with a few interesting ones. The one that stuck out was "I came for the culture, I stayed for the snacks". Not the sentiment I was looking for.

I hope that while I'm away from here, I can look at things more objectively and find a few new ideas to make money. Being away from the daily distractions of a messy house, messy garden and noisy cats might help me a bit! Having Hannah with me will give me somebody to bounce ideas off.

I digress. This afternoon we have to pack a suitcase, that should be easy, maybe. Last time we went to England I packed the suitcase that Christopher, Hannah and I were using 3 or 4 times. I kept chaning my mind about what we needed! Let's hope we don't have that problem today, I don't have the energy for it!

I'm really looking forward to this trip but at the same time I'm a bit nervous as it's going to be a lot of walking. I told Hannah I can walk but it has to be slow, a stroll not speed walking!

I'll post when I get back unless I can figure out how to use Hannah's iPad to post on.

Hannah's suitcase

Not too big, I hope big enough for both of us. I have one that is a bit bigger but I don't want to struggle on the trains and buses!