Seems like just about every spare moment at work has been packed with classes lately. The minutes I have between classes are filled with responding to emails and helping people with English questions. We are reaching the end of the fiscal year, and that means everyone has a deadline one way or another. <\/p>\n
For me that means that I’ll be starting a new term soon, and I need to wrap up things with my current students. Looking at the schedule it looks like I’ll go from “so busy there is no time to catch my breath” to “why not learn a new language with all this time I have”. April should see a big change in my circumstances, so for now I’ll just be holding on as best I can.<\/p>\n
This evening after work I’m meeting some former students for drinks and yakitori. I’ve taught all of them in the past, but it has been a long time since I’ve seen each of them, and I’ve only seen them one on one, so it is fun to see the chemistry when they all hang out together and drink. <\/p>\n
Tomorrow we’re hosting the Fukumi’s for a White Day dinner. Kuniko offered to go back in time and make the lamb dish again that knocked our socks off on Valentine’s Day. This year White Day won’t be so romantic, but maybe we can catch up on another day instead. I got her a nice bottle of white wine and hopefully we can drink that together sometime next week before she leaves the country. <\/p>\n
OK, now back to work!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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