these beautiful coloured glass balls are modelled after traditional style japanese fishing net floats. over the past hundred years or so, thousands of these have washed up on australian and nuiginian beaches. my family collected the ones we found, and although mum and dad ended up selling a heap of them in a garage sale many years ago, i hung on to a few of them. i was stoked to see these fishing balls for sale in a tourist shop on enoshima island. i will be going back there and buying some.

in other news, i am happy to say that the darkness of the last 3 months has started to ease off and i am starting to see the light at the end of the tunnel. the main factor contributing to the improvement is the private english lesson market. i am now the proud mum of 3 regular privates, with another 4 trial lessons coming up in the next week. i am aiming to try for 10 privates a week. it's great! cash in hand - between 3000 - 3500 yen per hour, in a relaxed cafe situation, you and your student can plan the curriculum and any texts, you can wear casual clothes and kinda be yourself. very freakin' pleasant, let me tell you.

by the middle of this month i will have received a truckload of yen from last months overwork insanity - i am up to date in my rent, over half my debts will be gone and i will be able to treat myself to a bit of fun. maybe even go see a movie or 2. AND it looks like the transfer request i made to my evening job (it takes me an hour to get there every day) is about to go through, and the new place is only 20 minutes away.

i have more time on my hands to enjoy these glorious summer days and relax a little. nice. roll on colours of summer.