Business trip!
So we finished training yesterday, yay! Everyone made it except for the two who quit! (They're going to spend their year and a half until grad school traveling overland back to America instead, so that's a noble goal I guess.)
So yesterday was the big wrap-up day on dress code and work and all that boring stuff. We're substitute teachers until April, so we have to call in to headquarters every day and receive instructions on where to go, and we could be sent anywhere in Kansai on short notice. But when we got to talking about business trips and travel reimbursement, the guy went, "On that note, the [only] school in Hiroshima needs some help for the end of the year! If you're interested, tell me like today!" And a bunch of people were like, "Sure!" And then he goes, "We actually need someone to go starting Monday!" And everyone was like, "Um..." But I was like, "Sure, what the hell?" So tomorrow I leave for Hiroshima! I'll be there until Thursday! I'll take the bullet train and live in a hotel, and I'll get reimbursed for it all within five days, and I'll have Wednesday off, and I'll get to do my first three days of teaching in stability instead of running all over the place! Then another guy from my group will come down to replace me Friday-Monday. I went to Hiroshima once before, it was awesome. Swe~et.
So today I did a lot of laundry in preparation. I might be going to the Tennoji Zoo with the 3 others who live in my building soon. Yay!
So yesterday was the big wrap-up day on dress code and work and all that boring stuff. We're substitute teachers until April, so we have to call in to headquarters every day and receive instructions on where to go, and we could be sent anywhere in Kansai on short notice. But when we got to talking about business trips and travel reimbursement, the guy went, "On that note, the [only] school in Hiroshima needs some help for the end of the year! If you're interested, tell me like today!" And a bunch of people were like, "Sure!" And then he goes, "We actually need someone to go starting Monday!" And everyone was like, "Um..." But I was like, "Sure, what the hell?" So tomorrow I leave for Hiroshima! I'll be there until Thursday! I'll take the bullet train and live in a hotel, and I'll get reimbursed for it all within five days, and I'll have Wednesday off, and I'll get to do my first three days of teaching in stability instead of running all over the place! Then another guy from my group will come down to replace me Friday-Monday. I went to Hiroshima once before, it was awesome. Swe~et.
So today I did a lot of laundry in preparation. I might be going to the Tennoji Zoo with the 3 others who live in my building soon. Yay!