A much more relaxed day today. I had only one class, and it was the first one, so at 9:30 a.m. I was done for the day. Unfortunately, I couldn’t leave.
I spent much of the day correcting papers and preparing for my teacher’s lesson in the afternoon. I had time to take lunch in the cafeteria with the students, which was interesting. Nobody was brave enough to sit with me, so all the other tables were packed, and I sat at a table for eight alone. It was pretty funny.
My teacher’s class went really well, and we drank peppermint tea and apple/mint tea while we studied. Mr. Hayashi recorded my voice reading the speeches of the students that are going to participate in the local speech contest, so they can listen to my pronunciation over and over again.
After school, Miss Kageyama dropped by to work on her transcriptions with me, since Mr. Hayashi was in a meeting. Afterwards we gossiped for a little while and I told her stories in an attempt to get her prepped for the interviews that she’s been doing. Tomorrow she is joining us in Kyoto, so we’ll practice some more.
Tonight is a quiet night. I’m going over to the yakitori to say hello to my gang over there, and this time I might bring Melanie. She has been asking me to take her there, but since she speaks almost no Japanese, I think it might be tough time translating.
