Feeling remarkably positive considering. I have come to the conclusion that all I need to keep cheerful is modest injections of laughter and wine and decent conversation. That way sanity lies!
I have been tutoring 16 year olds, and that has been a learning curve in all sorts of ways. After a few weeks of it, I am beginning to see results, that they will produce work, which can then be critiqued... they don't understand about planning though. The money is good, but the hours are few and have been curtailed by my having been very ill with an utterly miserable flu that lasted a week or two, followed by a chest infection which is still lingering. Additionally, the kids have mocks, so I'm going to lose a bit more money in the next fortnight. No matter, I have enough to be going on with.
However, the real roller coaster event has been that my father has fallen and broken his hip and had a hip replacement - and is now raring to get out of hospital again... he has also decided to sell his home, as well as the London house - so there will be enormous changes for the next year or so, and of course, a big influx of money. I am a little afraid that all the dosh will go to repay debts, leaving us with nothing. But at least we will have got out of debt. Alternatively, if we downshifted a little to a smaller, snugger house, we might have enough money to buy another house for income... which seems rather dreary - but what we really need is income... Mark has had a couple more prospective jobs - hurray! But has to tender for some of them...so nothing very certain. He certainly hasn't got enough work to sign off yet, just a day or so, which he has to declare when he does it..
At least the summer is coming - with the prospect of a bit of income from students.
I have been tutoring 16 year olds, and that has been a learning curve in all sorts of ways. After a few weeks of it, I am beginning to see results, that they will produce work, which can then be critiqued... they don't understand about planning though. The money is good, but the hours are few and have been curtailed by my having been very ill with an utterly miserable flu that lasted a week or two, followed by a chest infection which is still lingering. Additionally, the kids have mocks, so I'm going to lose a bit more money in the next fortnight. No matter, I have enough to be going on with.
However, the real roller coaster event has been that my father has fallen and broken his hip and had a hip replacement - and is now raring to get out of hospital again... he has also decided to sell his home, as well as the London house - so there will be enormous changes for the next year or so, and of course, a big influx of money. I am a little afraid that all the dosh will go to repay debts, leaving us with nothing. But at least we will have got out of debt. Alternatively, if we downshifted a little to a smaller, snugger house, we might have enough money to buy another house for income... which seems rather dreary - but what we really need is income... Mark has had a couple more prospective jobs - hurray! But has to tender for some of them...so nothing very certain. He certainly hasn't got enough work to sign off yet, just a day or so, which he has to declare when he does it..
At least the summer is coming - with the prospect of a bit of income from students.
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