I SHOULD be translating. I SHOULD be making sure my speech is ok. But what I WANT to do is play with photos. I can't though, so here is ONE and only one. The party was two degrees of Michael J. Fox, sooooo ( Read more... )

During sports day, one of my third grade girls, Yui, told me EXACTLY what she thought of me going back to America.

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Yesterday I had to go see Akiyama in the afternoon. It was sports day, so no big deal. I had to wait a bit and then we had a meeting about the Fairfield kids. First, he thought I'd be going with them to the airport next Tuesday. I put my foot down on that one and said that since I have 5 of my last classes, I'm not going. And besides, they can ( Read more... )

I'll be at Narita in three weeks from right now. Right now. It's Thursday and the first days of the week have flown by. Monday was lessons, next week is my last class EVER. Tuesday night I went to the gym and that was surprisingly it. Then last night we went out for Rumiko's birthday at Nishiki, the best okonomiyaki restaurant in the world. ( Read more... )

Saturday morning I woke up early and set about getting ready for the bbq. I made an AMAZING pasta salad and made Chicken/pineapple/tomato shishkabobs. I cleaned and got everything ready. Courtney slept a bit later, then got up and helped, and then Mark came over as well ( Read more... )

Let's see, the night bus isn't SO bad, but Mark got a crappy seat with a guy basically leaning back between his legs, so that wasn't so much fun. But it was cheap, and we arrived in Kyoto around 7am on Saturday morning. We found a bathroom and then got some breakfast and then hopped on the train to Fushimi Inari Taisha .  It was only about 8am ( Read more... )

What do you think of my new userpic? Does it look like me? Well, except that it's probably a size 2? :) Tests today for the third graders, so I think I have one class. It's a rough life. Leaving plans are getting into full swing, though I still don't have a plane ticket in my possession. I wonder if it's time for another visit to the boe? I ( Read more... )

Sometime while I was in America, my capped tooth from my root canal last November, cracked. Ugh. I went in today and they hit it with something to knock it out (fun) and then drilled away for awhile. I love dentistry. So I go back in on Monday for another cap, maybe this one will stay. But, the good news, I guess, is I probably don't have to ( Read more... )

Things seem to be going to hell in a hand basket here in Japan recently ( Read more... )

I think this makes 5 posts for the month. Sorry about that. I've got senior-itis, or japan-itis or whatever. So let's see. Our first topic today will be pride ( Read more... )