One of my part time teachers carved this for me and brought it in yesterday. Today I took it home and lit it up. As soon as I got home the phone rang, and it was Carrie wondering if I would meet her and a friend for dinner in Himeji. I decided to go ahead and meet them there, so it was back to the big city for me.
We ended up getting Chinese food and walking around for a while. I met her friend Carla, who is also a new JET, and we talked for a long time about our experiences in our schools and with our students. I’m definitely a lucky JET, some of the stories that Carla was telling were pretty scary.
We walked back towards the station after dinner and bought McDonald’s Apple Pies, which were deep fried and tasted great. I don’t think they fry them anymore in the states, but it’s been so long, maybe I just don’t remember. We bumped into a bunch of Carrie’s students, all of them girls, and I could tell that Carrie is going to spend all next week explaining that I am not her boyfriend. We finally got free and headed back to the station, and now I’m getting packed up for my trip tomorrow. I’ll post some more after the weekend, and I should have some good pictures and stories!
