To work or not to work, that is the question...

Hey people,

Just a quick note because I'm supposed to be working on my Mighty River Power editing that I took the day off school to do...

On Saturday I'm heading down to Onomichi, 1.5 hours away, to check out a job.  It's as an English conversation teacher, is well paid, is 1/2 to 3/4 time hours, includes a fairly cheap staff flat and is in what sounds a beautiful part of the world - on the waterfront where I have to cross two islands to get there from the mainland!  It is also close to supermarkets, martial arts classes and places where I can get a feed - those things my current location is not exactly littered with.

I'm trying not to jump the gun because there are any number of things that could stop me taking the job, from work hours to driving distance to disliking the place.  However, I have got really excited about the possibility of independence - working and bringing some money into our wee family.  Don't tell Jeff, but I FULLY intend to go buy stuff with my new money!  Jokes, I actually can't buy anything - I don't fit the clothes, can't wear makeup in this heat and it's stupid to buy books that I then have to pay to post home.  So there will not be much of the buying.  But if I'm earning it will still stop me feeling bad when I do have to buy a new top/moisturiser/notebook. 

Having said all this, being a student at the local school is still an awesome way to learn the lingo and if this job doesn't happen for whatever reason, I will continue to go to Jinseki school - although maybe only part time, to allow myself to try to write 'the novel' and get boring things like laundry and hoovering done (amazing how much more enjoyable they are when you have something to procrastinate though...). 

Speaking of procrastination, that is EXACTLY what I'm doing here, so I should get back to it...

Oh, pretend you all care about my shopping: I bought some sunscreen from strawberrynet.com today... LOVING that store!!  I heard from more than one source that all the sunscreen over here has bleach in it (which I totally believe because everything with English labels says 'whitening' - that's the last thing I need!!) and it is called 'milk' as opposed to 'cream' - meaning that trying to apply it involves getting more on your clothing than you exposed body parts.  So I bought normal sunscreen - free international shipping AND free lippie for being a new customer!  New favourite website!!!

Hope you are all doing good.... I will update you after my job-scope session on Saturday.

Charly

P.S. Wow, I use ... way too often.  Just had a look through this before I hit Publish Post and almost every paragraph ended with them.  Oops!!  Sorry if I'm over punctuating you all!

P.P.S. When I have a chance (read: when I've finished my MRP work and Jeff has the internet working) I will try to load some photos on here.  In the meantime, please check Jeff's facebook page as he has been pretty good about loading up pictures.