Oh, boy. I’m sitting on the floor in my apartment and I can’t bring myself to do anything right now. I feel like I’ve been chewed up and spat out, and in many ways I have been. Most of the people at my job only care about covering their asses, and the others care so much about their own advancement that it makes them bossy and difficult to work ( Read more... )

I think I have a sprained left ankle. The inner side of that ankle is swollen a little, and it’s tender and slightly red. I was able to walk on it for most of yesterday after the injury from the morning, but over time it got worse - when I left work I was limping. When I got home from registering for Japanese classes at TOPIA, I was beginning to ( Read more... )

We’re between academic years right now at S.G.. This doesn’t mean there’s a long vacation; the students get two weeks, the teachers get an extra half-hour for lunch for two weeks. The new school year begins a week from tomorrow. Tomorrow we’ll be having a ceremony to introduce the new teachers (ranging back from F. and me, who came in January, to ( Read more... )