At school today my kids were all on goofy pills or something. Everywhere I went there were some shenanigans going on. I would walk with my teachers right by two boys struggling to pull each others eyeballs out of their sockets, and then five minutes later they are giving each other hugs.
My classes reflected this weird behavior a little bit. The lessons seemed a little more free-wheeling today, and we had a bit more improvisation. I taught with four different teachers, and all of them react to improvisation a little differently. Generally, it’s not a good reaction, though.
I haven’t been up to play ping pong with the team lately. Due to some scheduling conflicts, their practice begins later in the day, and I’m usually gone by then. In fact, I haven’t been able to visit any clubs since Sports Day.
Most of my free time was spent studying up on vocabulary, and I’m keeping right up to speed, learning about 5-10 new words a day. At home I’m using the Nintendo DS to work on writing kanji, and that is just about the best way ever to learn it, short of attending elementary school in Japan. I’m loving these new ways to study a language – technology is making it a lot easier.
Tonight we’re having some pasta that we smuggled home from Italy, and I opened up a bottle of wine to taste while I’m waiting for Kuniko. The pasta looks delicious – I can’t wait for her to get home.
We’ve got a three day weekend coming up – Monday is a national holiday. I’m looking forward to getting some down time. We may get a chance to meet up with Antoine and Miwako, and hopefully Kuniko will get a day off in there somewhere.
