I'm still on the road! It's been over two years since I've written. I won't beat that one to death, but, it's just hard for me to focus on too many things at once. Additionally, and honestly, I've just not felt motivated to wright. Good enough of an honest excuse, hey? What's New with NatureGlo? So, I'll summarize two years in a succinct post followed by some fun travel pictures as of late. I've been putting most of my focus on eking out a living, while figuring out how to ditch third party teacher marketplaces and finally make it as a solopreneur. For those of you who don't know, I teach homeschoolers online classes for math enrichment (MathArt) and science. MathArt is focused on mathematics connections with the natural world, science, art, history, and architecture. Here's my new website which I launched this past July. It's not been easy trying to make a go of my own online business. Mainly because of doing everything myself and trying to learn online marketing. Online marketing has got to be the hardest thing I've every tried to learn and continues to be such. I hired a coach this fall, who has been helping me immensely get my sales funnel in place. But, it's taking me time to get everything set up between landing pages, email sequences, and freebie offers for email capture. A Big Uh-Oh! And to throw in a monkey wrench, I had a large 4" fibroid growing in my uterus found in April '17. I just had a hysterectomy two weeks ago to have it along with two other surprise fibroids removed. It was done robotically, with the famed da Vinci Robot. Otherwise, I might not have had such a speedy recovery as I'm experiencing now. I'm deeply grateful to the Northern Inyo Hospital its rather remarkable staff and my amazing doctor, Doctor Lara J. Arndal, for having the skill and expertise to do what she did to now give me a better quality of life. Of course now, I believe I'll never need another thing done in my body for the rest of my life - not another surgery, no more GYN visits (yaaay)..nothing. Nada. Heck, I won't even need compulsory health insurance again, right?! I hope and wish so! Rochelle Claire Dog's Latest My aging dog Rochelle, is well, feeling and showing her age, now at 10 years, albeit, very beautifully. I just love her silver gray coat, short or long. She's been the sweetest and most amiable companion on the road now going on 5 years as of May '18. We mainly have been traveling a short corridor between the CA and AZ southwest desert for the winters and then head to the eastern Sierras for spring and summer. It saves on driving and wear and tear on my 2001 e350 converted van dubbed the Green Queen. She's like a magic machine. Universe/God has been so gracious to me as she still runs like a dream, of which I NEED her to. It only takes me a full day of driving to get back and forth from the desert to the eastern Sierras, which I like. Both the desert and eastern Sierras have become my home for the past 4 and 1/2 years I've been on the road. Our nomadic community is growing in leaps and bounds. Just go to YouTube and you'll meet tons of them starting their own channels. A huge deal right now are nomads creating DIY and Vlogs about living out of a car, Van or RV. A few I follow include Carolyn's RV Life, Panda Monium, Caravan Carolyn, and Simply Lesa. I may yet join the ranks of serious YouTubers, but, I'm not promising anything yet. It's a HUGE commitment if I want to see big results. I have a YouTube channel, but, mainly I use it for my unlisted classes which I cannot publicize, since my students are in it. If I do anything serious with it, I'm thinking of combining my travels with nature watching and studies for my homeschool students. Perhaps I'll even try to reach the nomadic homeschoolers or "roadschoolers" as they call themselves. You never know! But, video is becoming HUGELY impactful. That's my life in somewhat of a nutshell. Thanks for reading, and I hope to be motivated like this again soon. After surgery, I stayed for two weeks with my amazing new friend and adopted sister, Jaimie and her dog Jackson. Her amazing hospitality along with the handywork of Dr. Arndal have sped my healing. As of yesterday, I moved back into my van and today is my first full day living in my van since my surgery on Monday, Nov. 27, 2017. I'm just amazed at how quickly I can rap out a post. Why not do it more often?! Enjoy the pics of our travels this year! Until next time, virtual hugs! Gloria and Rochelle Claire Dog
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AuthorI'm Natureglo, founder of Natureglo's eScience! I'm an avid nature lover, photographer, hiker, full time camper and an online teacher. Categories
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