Decisions...

I haven't been able to update my blogs or to be on Twitter much over the last week, due to health reasons, so I thought it would be easiest to make this entry to my blog to bring everyone up to date on the various things ongoing at present.

Japanese Language...

One month of studying completed. Our Sen-sei, Harumi-san, is an excellent teacher. So far we have covered Introductions, Offering and receiving business cards, Telephone numbers and Addresses, Time and Date, Days of the Week and Months of the Year, 30 Kanji (including 10 numerals), the Hiragana and Katakana. I am struggling a bit with the kana but I plan to have them well memorized by the end of this month.

So, decision number one is, how far do we plan to go with the language study? Eli and I have requested that our Sen-sei teach us up to GCSE level (aiming for grade A or B) in time for the exams in 12 month's time. Normally this workload would take two years, but we hope we can be ready sooner as we are having intensive private tuition. It is good to have a goal.

Health...

Without going into the gory details, I have fibromyalgia syndrome, angina and vertigo to deal with. I have discussed the situation at length with various doctors and it appears conventional medicine can do very little to help. I have therefore taken decision number two - to investigate alternative therapies which may be helpful in alleviating at least some of the symptoms, and perhaps improving my quality of life. Watch this space!

Family History Research.....

It seems I am at an impasse on this side of the water (Irish Sea) so decision number three is to take a trip to Ireland (both Eire and Northern Ireland) as soon as this can be arranged and as soon as I have all the information in place to ensure I can ask the right questions to get the answers I seek.

That's about it for the update tonight. I wish all my readers a very peaceful and pleasant weekend.