Kuniko was lucky enough to have today off from work, but she got up early, heated up my bath, made me breakfast and lunch, and gave me a kiss out the door as I left at 6:30. Wow. <\/p>\n
I did more lesson planning at work, and had a good time chatting with students both in class and outside of class. I am always amazed at how hard the students will try to speak English when they aren’t in the classroom. Somebody ought to take that idea and run with it. <\/p>\n
During the morning I followed up on a suggestion to track down Hasegawa sensei, the former director of the board of education in Hyogo prefecture. My principal thought he may have some job leads, so I spent a lot of time on the phone and finally figured out where he was. I love trying to speak on the phone in Japanese, especially figuring out all the polite things to say. I wish I could just call people all day to practice more.<\/p>\n
I will confess to hitting the hockey websites now and then during the day to keep track of two NHL playoff games – Buffalo vs. Ottawa and San Jose vs. Edmonton. Of course I don’t get hockey on TV here, so I need to follow them on the websites. I was very pleased when both Buffalo and San Jose won their game today.<\/p>\n
As part of the full service that Kuniko performed today, she picked me up in front of the school when I got off work, so I really had it easy. We came home and had salmon for dinner, and sat around relaxing. Kuniko had even done the laundry, washed the bathtub, and did the dishes. <\/p>\n
My head and shoulders were still hurting, so I went over to Ito Yokado to get another massage. This time I had them work on my shoulders and neck, and it was the best money I’ve spent. It was a little disturbing to hear all the cracking and popping going on inside my sore muscles, but the lady did a great job, and I came out of there feeling like a million yen. I could get used to heading over there now and then for a rubdown. Maybe I’ll get addicted to going there like the old men here who get addicted to hostess bars. Then again, maybe not.<\/p>\n
I’m off to bed soon. It’s a seriously busy day at school tomorrow, so I better get some rest.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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