There can be something remarkably ghoulish about coincidence. Not only ghoulish but also straight up bizarre. How a number of things can conflate and coalesce at the same time to be not only devastating but also fortunate. This is the situation I find myself in. Leading up to the great Whales English Black Thursday event, I was trying to work out how I was going to fit in teaching my classes everyday and finding time to move house.

I was considering how I could do it without taking any time off. It was doable, but a lot of threads would need to come together in a fortunate marriage of coincidence. The online teaching gig gives you the elastic trousers that a lot of other jobs just can’t offer. So you can do your classes from any location that has an internet connection. Great. As long as I can travel during the time in between the classes then, as long as I have an internet connection where I am going to Bob’s your aunties live in lover.

However, it was causing quite a bit of consternation. Should I take some time off to allow me to get everything sorted in the new house. More specifically, could I get the internet connection sorted in the new house so that I wouldn’t miss any classes should I try and do it without taking any holiday. All these considerations where taking their toll. It was going to be difficult to arrange for sure.

Then the whole Whales cancelling classes thing happened. All of a sudden, I wasn’t tied to the class schedule. Hell, I didn’t have a class schedule anymore. Obviously this wasn’t a complete success. It meant I had no job. I had no money coming in. I was screwed. The timing of these things is remarkable. As the tenants move out of my house meaning I can move back in, my source of income disappears. Just like that. Shit. But it could all be for the best. New horizons and new beginnings. Lot’s to learn and lot’s to teach. Fingers crossed.