Strange weather today – lots of clouds and the threat of rain all day. Today was the first day I wore short sleeves which must be some kind of weather indicator. Yesterday it was plenty warm, and when I got prepared for it today mother nature threw clouds and rain at me.
I caught a later train than normal and shared the ride with one of my students. He is a second year student and is a big fan of kickboxing, 80s heavy metal, and volunteering to help animals. Interesting guy. We spoke mainly in Japanese until we got to school. He was really nice to talk to.
At school I dreamt up a lesson plan for an “International Understanding” lesson for the history teacher. It is the first in a set of two that I agreed to do. It should be fun – I’m going to say some very un-Japanese things, and I hope the students enjoy hearing them.
Between classes I had some spare time to think about the trip to France and Italy this summer. I flipped through the guidebooks and realized that there is no way that we’ll be able to do everything that I’d like, so we might as well take a leisurely pace and enjoy the trip. I’ll continue working on little details and we’ll see how it goes.
Kuniko arrived home late tonight, and we had a very simple dinner of leftovers. We had lots of cheese and crackers to kill off, and even some curry and rice that was still floating around. She was really tired from her day, so I anticipate that we’ll be getting to bed early tonight.
Tomorrow is Friday and I’m tentatively planning on a visit to the yakitori tomorrow for dinner since Kuniko has a long meeting after work – she won’t be back until nearly ten o’clock. Saturday I’ll be free during the day and then heading into Kobe for pizza with Nel and Antoine. Sunday is the day of the rice planting. Since nobody seems to have size 30 rubber boots laying around for me I might end up playing a very peripheral role. We’ll see – if it rains all bets are off.
