Today I did the last two lessons about money, and it was nice to finish that off. The students are all complaining of the heat, and people are a little resistant to getting up and doing anything in class. Summer is the toughest time to get people moving and learning.
After school we had an ESS party. The students wanted to have a party as a farewell to me, but I ended up organizing the whole thing, buying the snacks, and carrying them all back to the school from Seiyu. The students mostly just joked around and I used the opportunity to introduce the information I had about the new ALT, Brenda. They were slightly interested, but a little concerned that Brenda doesn’t speak Japanese. They might actually have to use English in English club!
We watched a movie (Corpse Bride) and because of it got out a little late. I got home after Kuniko, which is very rare indeed. Kuniko made a really good shabu-shabu salad for dinner, and soon after we went to Carrefour in a vain search for a wedding present for Tsuji-san. I think I will end up giving her cash – nothing jumped out at me as totally appropriate for her in Carrefour. One tragic thing we say there was that the Starbucks was torn out and gone. It was there just a few days ago, but that makes it another of the peripheral stores at Carrefour that has sunk. The place is really starting to clear out, and I fear that someday Carrefour itself will go under. Then where will I get my Mexican food supplies?
