Kuniko and I caught an early train, but because of a peculiarity in the schedule, I spent an even longer time standing on a train and I got at my station at exactly the same time. That sucked. Next time we’ll just hang out in our living room in comfort if we’re ready early.
I forgot to mention that yesterday our school served whale meat for the school lunch. Actually, it wasn’t just our school, it was the whole Nishinomiya school district. The whale was served fried like chicken, and the overall review was faintly positive. Every now and then whale makes an appearance on the school lunch menu as part of the government trying to get rid of that “scientific” whale meat that they harpoon.
Today there wasn’t that much to report. I had a full slate of classes – but nothing out of the ordinary happened. One of the teachers at my school, Miki sensei, brought in nankintamasudare sticks and did a show for us. It is a little hard to explain, but there are lots of bamboo sticks that are tied together at strategic locations. The performer folds and moves the sticks so that they create huge shapes, often times much bigger than the performer herself. There is also a song to go with it, but Miki sensei was a little embarrassed and so sang it kind of under her breath so it wouldn’t bother the other teachers. It was really cool.
On the way home I picked up a couple bottles of red wine to keep us warm in the evenings, and then came back and made up a vegetarian stir fry for our dinner. Kuniko was at a doctor’s appointment, and after that she came home and we ate big. It was the first time in a long while that Kuniko has gotten home before 8 p.m. Nice!
We’re both tired out from the day, and heading to bed soon. Kuniko is doing some practice cooking tonight, so I’m on duty to eat her mistakes. She’s baking some different cakes and cookies. Hoo-rah…
