I’m trying to get into a new morning schedule, where I get up early, go jogging, do some stretching and exercises, take a shower, have breakfast, study for about 30 minutes, and then go to work. Hopefully it’ll work out – it feels great to run around a little bit in the morning.
This week there are no classes for the second years and third years. The second years are on a school trip to Hokkaido, and the third years are taking final exams. That means that I only have seven classes out of eighteen this week. Three of those classes were today.
My students were full of energy on a Monday, and they did really well. Some had a little too much energy, but I just worked with my teachers to try to channel that energy in the right direction.
The history teacher came to visit me four times today. This morning he was waiting for me when I was walking to school and he said that he was super busy over the weekend working on an exam. He said that he had lots more to do. Every time he came to talk to me, I asked him how the exam was coming along. That seemed to keep our conversations shorter.
I had to cancel my lesson with my tutor because I needed to send a deposit via the ATM at the bank after school. This was the first time that I have done it on my own – doing it within Japan is a little tricky. There is no English screen – it’s all in Japanese. It ended up working OK (I hope), so I’ll call and confirm later but it looks like we’ve got plane tickets for America lined up.
Tonight for dinner I went meat crazy – I was shopping over at Ito Yokado and found a good deal on beef. I made up a big beef sandwich for dinner, and made another one for lunch tomorrow.
