Sometimes being sick has it’s priviledges. Still nursing a cold I went into work and everyone was surprised to see me, except for Mr. Hayashi. Everyone else had assumed that I’d be taking an official day off to make it a three day weekend. Mr. Hayashi had told me to come in, and so we studied Japanese for a couple of hours in the staffroom.
Unfortunately, (or fortunately, depending) my coughing and sniffing made it hard for us to concentrate on the studies, and finally when we had finished Mr. Hayashi offered to drive me to the station so that I could go home and rest.
I got home at 11:30 a.m. and it didn’t cost me any sick or personal time at all – nice!
I stopped in at Ito Yokado and got a couple of new houseplants to brighten up the place, and also ran into a display of new vegetables that they are getting in – avocados and red onions. I bought some avocados and one red onion, and went home to make guacamole again. I’m on a roll here with the guacamole.
My day at home was not too exciting. The sun came out today and streamed through my place. Normally I’d take that as a sign to go hiking, but since I’m sick I took it as a sign to take a nap. I planted my new houseplants, and then had a very simple dinner of soup, chips and guacamole.
Jane came by in the evening – she was inviting me to go to Mexican food at a restaurant in Kobe, but the time conflicts with my dinner plans with Kuniko and Antoine on Sunday. She also asked me to look at an essay that she had written, so I did some comments on that, but there wasn’t much to fix – she writes very well.
I’m off to bed early again – tomorrow is a full day, but Wednesday is a holiday. What a weird week.
