The Nursery Teacher and I went shopping on our break together because we both needed to get out of the school for a bit, and now we have おそろい　plushie dinosaur keitai straps ( Read more... )

Friday afternoons I spend most of my daycare shifts in with the Kinders (age 4~6). We've developed a bit of a.... game thing during free play where the girls hand me different stuffed animals, I name them, and then all the kids come along and steal them away from me and I pretend to cry and get all upset because they're being mean to me ( Read more... )

So far 2012 is doing alright ( Read more... )

today was one of those days full of lose and fail. (T_T ( Read more... )

So here's a rundown of my new kids ( Read more... )

We were talking in the staffroom today when one of the Japanese teachers asked what the date was. "The 23rd, 'cause Thursday is payday," I said. She looked surprised and thanked me for the reminder, 'cause apparently she never remembers when we get paid. "How do you always remember that?" she asked ( Read more... )

Something happened at work today that just all of a sudden made my shoulders/neck hurt like fuck. I'm not sure what it was, or if it's just a bunch of stress coming down on me or something (though I would like to mention that if it is stress, then this is the first real 'damn my shoulders are messed up' incident since I quit Nova. Yay!) or if I ( Read more... )

You know how when you've finally decided on something, it gets so you just can't wait to make it happen? Yeah, that's what I'm like with getting my hair cut right now. I half want to just grab some scissors and trim it myself. Granted, the weather warming up is helping to push me over the edge on this, 'cause I fucking HATE having the back of my ( Read more... )

Wow. I just got off the train after talking to a group of the most cracked-out joshikousei EVER. It was so awesome ( Read more... )

Everyday I come across far too many people who deserve death. Or at least a swift kick to the head. Especially on my commute. Damn I hate those fuckers. And on rainy days, like today, it:s worse. Everyone wants to take the train when it:s raining, because otherwise they:ll melt ( Read more... )