Ok, so I'm not good at this blogging or vlogging stuff. And I really don't know why. I LIKE to write. The vlogging may be because, well frequently I am lacking interesting things that I CAN film and safely post publicly. Also because I'm weighing the idea of a new camera, which I'd like to use for that purpose so I can stop carrying so many electronics around. Its probably just laziness, as is my problem in all things. BUT in an attempt to remedy that (I'm never gonna get ahead in life unless I can learn to turn it off more reliably) I'm going to make a resolution now. But its kinda tentative, so if I don't keep it don't be too surprised. I tend to have a lot of free time on weekends, so its going to be my goal to type a blog entry once a week. Sometimes it may also be video entries. I don't know who is listening out there, truth be told, but here goes.
Ok. So. This week in Japan.
In all honesty, this was a fairly standard week for me. Coming off from last weekend, where I went to the onsen and then dinner with some friends from Unnan, it was the pretty standard get up and go to work routine. Its been kinda grey on and off lately, but the weather has cooled down a lot. Fall is here, thank god. I'm a big fan of this weather, for the sort time we will have it. When its not gray and rainy, the sky is a lovely blue and everything else is still green. The air is delightfully cool and crisp. Someday soon the leaves may start changing colors. While on general purposes I really hate San-in weather, when its nice it is REALLY nice. For instance on Thursday it was one of those rare days where it was clear enough to see all the way to Mt. Daisen from Rowdy中. Amazing.
I took a sick day for my horrific cramps, thank you body, on Wednesday but I was back at full strength on Thursday. And on Friday I had elementary school visits. And they were to schools the feed one of my junior highs which is a VERY rare thing. Even more rare, one of the other ALTs joined me at these schools. All in all that was a successful day teaching. But I was SUPER amazing that morning and forgot I was doing that instead of going to TeenyTiny中 like I usually do, and got up and hurried my butt there. I didn't remember I wasn't supposed to be there until I pulled up and saw the bus that was taking my 1st years on their field trip. Ugh. At that point I just did a u-turn and went back home. Elementary school visits typically don't start till later, and I had just missed my opportunity to sleep in. Damn.
Did I mention the kids were going on a field trip to the local nuclear power plant? It sounded all sorts of interesting and I really wish I could have gone.
I am now considering buying a new heater for the winter, and I think I have picked one from amazon japan. Free shipping yey. Oh, and a rug, cause while nice the wood floor is FREEZING in winter.
Have a mentioned that I broke down and bought a LCD TV here? I got a pretty good deal on it, and in the end I'm really happy with it.
For future reference, I think I have finally stabilized all my code names for school related things in my head. So here is the run-down:
✧I work at three JHSs (Junior High School)right? They are, in order from largest to smallest - OMGHuge中, Rowdy中, and TeenyTiny中.
✧At OMGHuge中 I work with four (and one extra at the moment) JTEs (Japanese Teachers of English), this has changed since last year and is well...kinda in flux. But they are OMUTea先生(woman), OF先生(man), Oshare先生(man), PYT先生(woman), and Y²先生(woman).
✧At Rowdy中 I work with only one JTE and that is Giggles先生
✧And TeenyTiny中 I also work with only one JTE and that is SmileyK先生, and that has changed since last year when it was Majime先生.
✧And my supervisor is the ever wonderful K-san.
I suppose if you actually know me and these people, you'd probably be able to guess who is who but I think this preserves some level on anonymity and doesn't just...use their initials or something. They are for the most part nicknames based on various aspects of their personality or my experiences with them.
