Sooo Excited!

My Daughter-in-Law, Jenny teaches art in an International School in Beijing, as I've mentioned. She tells me that her school wants to develop their Ceramics Program and to that end they have been bringing in "Experts" to teach workshops for the children. Jenny complained several times about the experts they brought in not being good teachers and not having all that much ceramic knowledge (Grad Students). Several times she has said how much better I could do.

So she wrote me that she is writing a Grant to BRING ME TO CHINA TO TEACH CERAMICS FOR TWO WEEKS NEXT SPRING! (I have to go lie down after writing that.)
She and my son are going to help me pay the flight, although I have a ton of free miles from my credit card. And the grant will pay me a stipend for teaching.

The truth is, I feel a undeserving, China is (arguably) the birthplace of ceramics...very arguably. But their tradition is so, so, so venerable. They must have "real" experts there. (Of course I don't know about what happened to the traditional potters during the revolution and during industrialization?) And I do know ceramics and I am a good teacher of little guys. So I can do the job.

It's not a sure thing yet, so I am not posting on Facebook, but Jenny is not flighty and would not have written me if it wasn't a very good possibility.

My goals are within 5 months to become fluent in Mandarin, lose weight and get very fit so that I can climb all over the Great Wall. (I think that becoming fluent in Mandarin will be the easiest ;-))

I get to see Wee Beatrice!!!!