Hi to all, thanks for the quick feedback. I'll tell you a little more about myself, if you're curious.
I come from northeast Arkansas. I've been an Anglophile all my life, majored in English lit and became a high school English teacher, rapsodising to roomfuls of bored redneck teens about the glories of Tintern Abbey and the view from Westminster Bridge.
After 13 years of teaching and 15 years married to a pick-up truck driving good ole boy, I lost 180 pounds (ie, the good ole boy) and discovered that I have a right to a life. A year later, I shocked myself and all my friends by accepting a job teaching English at a high school in Essex. I got a work permit, a $3000 cashiers check, packed all my worldly goods in two suitcases and a carry-on and became a lodger in the home a young couple I met online, the plan being to stay with them until I could find a suitable flat. Well, they were lovely but the school was not. Even with thirteen years experience, I could not hack a London school and resigned after five days. I figured what the heck, I'd done so much already why should I be scared? Six weeks later I finally found a job I was willing to accept (okay, I'm picky) here in the Midlands.
By that time I was down to £135 cash and had pretty much maxed out my credit cards.
More later!
