Tuesday, April 18, 2006
Good bye and Good luck
I’m back from a wonderful getaway on Ojika. Dawn and I didn’t do anything major, but sometimes those are the best weekends. Actually, our homemade meals and morning bike ride around Ojika was even better than a late night of drinking and karaoke. Less expensive, too!
It’s Wednesday which means half the week is almost finished. I’m sick. I can’t believe it. There is now a direct link between illness and elementary schools. I had my first lesson last Friday and now five days later I have a cold. No coincidence. I had a good record this year too. This is my first time getting sick—and it’s only the beginning. Now I’m going to be sick straight through until elementary schools finish in July.
Today I don’t have any classes at the high school. In fact, I’m still at home because I’m going to the hospital this morning. Maybe when I finish I will just ask to sleep the rest the day. Maybe I can nip this cold in the bud! Do you think cold medicine actually helps colds heal or they just remove the symptoms? I’m deciding whether or not to take medicine…
Tonight I’ve got English conversation class and Vicky’s parents are also visiting. We have a Japanese children’s story to perform for them. Actually the students are telling the story in English and Vicky and I are entering Japanese in certain parts as well. It’s apron theater, which means one person can perform the whole thing with puppets and different voices, but we’ve got a narrator and different voices for each character. I’m looking forward to it. Maybe they can take some pictures for us.
I’m getting used to life with bangs. They are certainly different from the bangs I had in junior high school, but still a bit hard to deal with. I’m using wax in my hair for the first time ever. It’s weird stuff, but really keeps my hair in place!
Pictures from Sanae’s goodbye party. She should be in London by now! This is walking to dinner.
It’s Wednesday which means half the week is almost finished. I’m sick. I can’t believe it. There is now a direct link between illness and elementary schools. I had my first lesson last Friday and now five days later I have a cold. No coincidence. I had a good record this year too. This is my first time getting sick—and it’s only the beginning. Now I’m going to be sick straight through until elementary schools finish in July.
Today I don’t have any classes at the high school. In fact, I’m still at home because I’m going to the hospital this morning. Maybe when I finish I will just ask to sleep the rest the day. Maybe I can nip this cold in the bud! Do you think cold medicine actually helps colds heal or they just remove the symptoms? I’m deciding whether or not to take medicine…
Tonight I’ve got English conversation class and Vicky’s parents are also visiting. We have a Japanese children’s story to perform for them. Actually the students are telling the story in English and Vicky and I are entering Japanese in certain parts as well. It’s apron theater, which means one person can perform the whole thing with puppets and different voices, but we’ve got a narrator and different voices for each character. I’m looking forward to it. Maybe they can take some pictures for us.
I’m getting used to life with bangs. They are certainly different from the bangs I had in junior high school, but still a bit hard to deal with. I’m using wax in my hair for the first time ever. It’s weird stuff, but really keeps my hair in place!
Pictures from Sanae’s goodbye party. She should be in London by now! This is walking to dinner.
In the restaurant. I made her the balloon necklace and poster.
