This winter has been unusually warm, and recently there have been signs of spring approaching. It has been warmer at night, and in the mornings, too. It makes getting up and going to work just a little bit easier.
Not much to report at school today. I had an easy set of four classes, and I said goodbye to a lot of students. Some of the students pulled me aside afterwards and personally thanked me for helping them with English, and that was really nice. My biggest task was finding the time to study between classes and knock out my daily vocabulary quota. Lately I’ve been learning 20 new words a day on the weekdays, and just reviewing existing words on the weekends.
During the beginning of my last class of the day, one of the “challenged” first year students who is having trouble adjusting to regular school life came walking through the second year classrooms and trying to flash the female students. He is a tiny little guy – the same guy that tries to walk into the classrooms while the girls are changing clothes and pretending that he didn’t realize.
By the time that the teachers caught on the boy was running down the hallway pulling his pants up and all the girls were screaming and laughing at the same time. I don’t know what ever happened, but I’m sure we are in for some long consulations and lectures about it tomorrow.
Today Kuniko had a graduation ceremony at her school, and so she got home just a little earlier than usual. We had a healthy dinner tonight, and some manjuu for dessert that Kuniko brought back from her school. Now we’re just relaxing around the house and watching some goofy TV shows.
The week is wrapping up quickly, and we’ve got a lot of things to do this weekend. Friday we’ll be heading to Midori to do some shopping for a new kotatsu cover, and then we’ll be having Miyake sensei and Nozaki sensei over for dinner on Saturday. Sunday we’ll be having dinner with Risa and Anthony, and then it’s back to work on Monday… it should be a fun weekend.
