Another short day at work. I did my vocabulary, read a little bit of the book I am reading, and after the second exam sat in on two presentations. The students that did the presentations were absent for the actual day of their presentation, and because their grade was based on the presentation, they needed to do it.
Right after the second exam was over, I talked to Yamamoto sensei and he saw no reason for me to stick around – so I left a little earlier than usual. I caught the train home, and on the train I sat with one of my students. He and I like the same kind of music – the kid is in a time warp back to the 70s and 80s, and he likes Judas Priest, AC/DC, Iron Maiden, all those guys. I had just a little bit of juice left in my iPod so I let him listen to a little Rob Zombie to bring him slightly more up to date. He really liked it, so I wrote down the name for him and I think he might go shopping later. He’s not a good student at school – I think his grades are consistently low, but he is a nice guy and fun to talk to.
At home I changed clothes and had a quick lunch, and then took the train into Sannomiya. There I went to Uniqlo and bought a couple of pairs of slacks. They didn’t have one of the colors I wanted in my size, however, so another visit to Uniqlo is in my future.
Afterwards I met up with Kuniko and together we went to the Mont Bell store. I found a backpack that will serve as both of our suitcases on the trip to Europe. Now I’ll be able to say that I backpacked around Europe one summer when I was young. It’s not huge but it is comfortable and spacious, and I think I might be able to fit Kuniko in there if she gets tired of walking around.
We did some shopping around on the way back to the station, and Kuniko managed to pick up some new shoes and some new underwear along the way. By the time we got back to Nishi Futami she was running out of gas. We bought some Ito Yokado sushi and ate it in the living room while watching TV, and then I started organizing the house for tomorrow. Kuniko is conked out right now in the living room. Hopefully she’ll get lots of sleep tonight and be recharged tomorrow.
