Today was really the bulk of my workload for the whole week. I had five classes out of six today, and during the sixth period I had to do some planning with Kuroda sensei. The classes themselves were great. The students started out really tired and not into the lessons. Yesterday they were running around Koshien stadium at a sports day, so naturally today they were exhausted.
By the second period the blood was starting to flow, and we had a pretty good time with the students. I had a couple of classes with Matsunaga sensei. Her English sometimes gets a little weird when she’s nervous or in a hurry in front of the class, and today instead of asking me to “stand with her” near the desk, she asked me to “dance with her”. She wasn’t immediately aware she made the mistake, and so I wasn’t immediately aware either. I was busy trying to figure out why she wanted to dance in the middle of an English lesson while she was trying to figure out why I wasn’t coming over to stand next to her. Strange moment.
I double-checked with the vice principal to let him know that I’d be out on Thursday for training, and then I headed home. Back at home I created a leftover skillet with potatoes, cheese, onions, sausage and peppers. Kuniko got home a little earlier today, so we got to enjoy dinner at a more reasonable hour than usual.
After dinner we did a little bit of shopping – but it was actually an excuse to walk around and get a little of exercise. Kuniko is starting a diet, so I’m going to try to help out where I can. We’ll see how it works out over the next couple of weeks.
