This week for some reason we’ve been eating pretty healthy. If I had to guess the reason it would be that Kuniko has had a chance to cook a couple of meals this week, and also the cold weather has us making soup or nabe, which are pretty healthy dishes from the get-go.
So I’m not complaining, and I feel pretty good every morning when I crawl out of bed and trudge off to work in the darkness.
Speaking of work, yesterday I had a visit from one of the guys in the HR department. Around this time every year the company selects a small group of young employees and sends them on a six month training program to the USA. There are two Kawasaki production plants there, one in Nebraska and one in New York. As part of the deal, they get some special English training from yours truly before they go. For these lessons they open up the budget purse strings and I end up working some extra time and making some extra money.
I don’t mind the extra work, especially since the students are pretty motivated knowing they’ll be living and breathing English before long. What this does mean is that I’ll be getting home about an hour later every Tuesday and Thursday for the next few months. But during this part of the year I don’t mind trading free time for money.
We’ve got no special plans for this weekend. This Saturday Kuniko has a party after work, which means I’ll be on my own for most of the day. Maybe it is time to break the healthy streak and have a steak or something.
