Today was an actual full day at work – from 7:30 to 5 p.m. It’s been a while. I didn’t have any classes today, but I did get to watch the semester inspection of students, which was pretty interesting. They focused on whether eyebrows were excessively shaved, hair was too spiky, uniform was correctly worn, and more.
I was surprised how intensively the students were scrutinized – it was a really big deal. Mr. Hayashi insisted that it was really just a way to keep the students out of trouble for one period, but it seemed pretty serious to me.
I spent the morning finishing the decoration of my classroom, and I’m pretty pleased with the result. There is still plenty of room for more pictures and postcards, so I’ll keep posting things as I get them. Still, it looks a lot more interesting than it was before.
I found out just recently that this weekend is a long weekend – I have three days to burn. Antoine called from Takarazuka and reported that things have been going “terribly” for him lately, and he sounded pretty stressed out. We may postpone the Takarazuka shenanigans until later. Miss Kageyama showed up today at work at Mr. Hayashi’s request, and she looked like she is feeling better. We didn’t get a chance to talk much, but I get the impression that she is starting to get pretty busy with both of her part time jobs.
Tomorrow morning I have neighborhood cleanup to attend for an hour, and then I perhaps have three days stretching out before me with no plans. It seems like events have shifted around me, and so I’m going to have to come up with something impromptu and fun to do on my own. I’ll put my thinking cap on tonight and let you know what I end up doing – could be something boring or something exciting – whatever it is has to be something cheap!
