I have 3 dogs. I am a tutor in my spare time. I mainly teach English, and teach math occasionally. I use a personal trainer.
I work at a zoo. I have a wife. My wife has breast cancer. I do not have any pets, I train animals for a living. I no longer work out.
How is your wife doing recently. Thanks for asking.  One more week of chemo.  something to look forward to.  Now that we'll be home more often I think I might try working out again.  How do you like your trainer?  What do you usually work on? Cardio/weights? Ah that's good to hear, hoping for a full recovery. She's quite good, we mostly focus on cardio recently, but I'm starting to get into weight training techniques. I'm sure she could recommend someone if you wanted to focus on just weights though, that's not really her specialty. What type were you thinking, I'd imagine your wife wants to start off slow all things considered I think a little weight trainer for her would be beneficial.  I need both!  I've actually thought about adopting a dog.  It would make both of us get up and out walking with him/her.  What type of dogs do you have? That's fair aha, I'll ask her about it in our next session, she's bound to know someone. That would be a great way to get some exercise! I've got 2 cocker spaniels and a dalmation! They're very energetic, but that's great if you're wanting to exercise a lot more! Have you had dogs before? When I was younger we had a family pet.  Rescue dog.  I've wanted to get one for awhile now but was afraid my training schedule would keep me to busy to take care of my own.  But I'm going to cut back my hours so I can spend more time with the wife.  Seems like perfect time to adopt.  Dalmations are very high energy!  How's the tutoring going? Ah that's wonderful, a rescue is the way to go in my opinion, very rewarding. It's going alright, picking up quite a bit with exams around the corner! Mostly people struggling with math aha. How did work take the hours cut backs?  Ha!  Math wasn't my best subject either.   Under the cirumstances, my boss is very understanding of why I'm cutting hours.  He also said if I want to go back to full time all I have to do is ask.  Can you recommend any books to read?  That's good, at least they're considerate. Hmm, that depends, what type of literature do you like? I'm old fashioned.  I like the classics but I'm up for anything really. I've read a lot of the classics! It's an obvious one, but Jane Eyre is my favourite. If you want something a little political though I'd suggest anything by Rosa Luxemburg! Even if you disagree with her politics, she's definitely worth the read Thanks!  I'll check it out.  Do you teach any of the classics in your classes?