Technically, my second term of grad school started today, but realistically, my first class isn't until tomorrow, so...Today...I read 2 books and watch 2 episodes of outlander.  and that pretty much took the majority of the day.

( about learning and school )

( Reading week - vacation )

so sunday I decided last minute that I was going to be up all night with a nervous stomach (1st day at a new job monday) so I might as well distract myself for a couple hours by going to a concert.

( concert!! )

Tomorrow I'm going to Tokyo for training for my new job.  Pretty excited to start that; I really hope they give us a lot of actually useful stuff 'cause I'm totally freaking out about teaching kindergarten.  The last two years as an ALT I've basically had no independence regarding my lesson planning and never had to deal with discipline or such IN ( Read more... )

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Friday was a holiday due to "labor thanksgiving day" here in Japan.  I didn't actually do anything for real thanksgiving except call home.  Well, actually I called my brother's home (Portland) since that's where my parents are for the Thanksgiving weekend. Even talked to my niece a little on the phone.  She's so cutely asked, "Marie, can you come ( Read more... )

I think I bought a magic sweater.  I bought it a couple of days ago and it hasn't been as cold since then.  I think the reason it's sparkly is because it's actually threaded with that tinfoil space age stuff they use for hypothermia and traveling in space.  It's pretty awesome.

( oranges )

This week is lasting forever.  And it's not even bad, it just seems to keep surprising me that it's only Tuesday.  It feels like Friday at least!!  And actually today is Wednesday says my computer and that's probably why Tuesday felt so wrong....I have to work Saturday, but I get Monday off in turn.  BUT my students invited me to their concert on ( Read more... )

Trying to keep up the posting thing.

There's this girl I went to training with who has quit already.  One month in and she can't handle it, I guess.  She is claiming a lack of healthy diet for her non-dairy ways.  Which kind of pisses me off.  Because in my search for jobs in Japan I have been very specifically turned down at least twice for being ( Read more... )

so yeah. still alive.

( school )