Today was not so busy – just two classes for me. I had a meeting with the second year teachers to discuss my new lesson on shopping. In preparation I was photocopying US $1 bills and so the teachers got a kick out of my counterfeiting scheme.
It was unusually in my classroom, and the students were passing around heat packs to keep their hands warm while they were in class. I tried to keep them on the edge of their seats with some tough questions, and overall everyone did just fine. I spent lots of time today at school studying Japanese characters, and the teachers were encouraging me as they walked by – I was trying to tackle characters that Japanese students learn in elementary school.
Tomorrow I have only one class during sixth period, so I’ll be doing lesson planning during most of the day. I am hoping to get a ride out to Akashi to pick up a package that came in for me after school. If I don’t pick it up, then I won’t be able to get my hands on it until the middle of next week.
The weekend plans are firming up – lunch with Carrie on Saturday in Akashi to talk about her trip to Viet Nam, and then something with Miss Kageyama on Sunday. We’re still working out what to do.
Tonight I finished off my vegetables and broke into a new bag of rice. I also finished off a bottle of Bordeaux that I picked up for 1000 yen in Befu. It wasn’t really that good, but I don’t want to break into my stash of premium Australian reds that I smuggled back from my trip.
