Bob, I may be batting *completely* down the wrong track here... so feel free to say so and ignore me. I was reading an newspaper or magazine article in a doctors surgery over here about the economy over there and it was talking about how the hospitality industry was booming and how it had basically weathered the GFC. It also mentioned that other industries had basically survived but most had taken hits. Admittedly I can't remember everything about the article and I didn't read it all... after all the doc had the hide to call me in before I finished it.
My point is... if all this fails to pan out for some reason, could you maybe change fields or industries?
I'm an engineer by training, but there is *no* work that I can do in my field that I can due to health reasons, so I drive the STOP/GO sign at roadworks, and I'm in the process of studying to be a bookkeeper. Yeah the pay is lousy and the study is dead boring but its something.
My point is... if all this fails to pan out for some reason, could you maybe change fields or industries?
I'm an engineer by training, but there is *no* work that I can do in my field that I can due to health reasons, so I drive the STOP/GO sign at roadworks, and I'm in the process of studying to be a bookkeeper. Yeah the pay is lousy and the study is dead boring but its something.