"It's been a while...."

Let me break the ice....

Haha. Just kidding. I won't torture you with Britney Spears.

Ahem.

Sorry it's been a while. I'm lazy like that. And because my life's gotten into a nice rhthym more or less, ther's not much to tell.

I get up every day, go to school, sometimes rush depending on how late I think I'll be. But I'm never actually late. Usually I'm told what classes I'll teach, but I forgot last week to request the schedule when I wasn't given it...so recently classes have been sprung upon me, though in this school that seems to tend to happen whether I recieve the schedule or not :P

Basically I wait around bored stiff- I never thought I'd be begging to have work to do, in fact I'm generally quite happy for teachers to ask me to grade stuff or prepare worksheets. Beats trying not to have my head hit the desk from the sleepiness which is boredom.

Lunch is generally the best time of day, unless they serve something bitter or slimey, which has unfortunately happened more times that I'd prefer. But I can't really complain, since the lunches　are generally better than anything I'm able to cook.

I miss pizza. And chili. Oops. Really random thoughts there. But I'll be happy when I get a real paycheck and I can buy things like fruit and bread and real ingredients. And a pan.

Anyways, back to the topic of my day. At the end of it, I watch the clock slowly tick to 4. Then I rush up to the front of the room to get my hanko signature from the V.P. I have to rush, otherwise I get stuck in the long teacher meetings, which I never understand anyways since my Japanese is more than inadquete and chances are the topics discussed have nothing to do with me anyways. So, generally if I'm lucky (unlike yesterday) I can leave before they occur.

Then it's back on my bike with a nice sense of relief and freedom. And back towards my lovely, cozy apartment for one.

I really should find a hobby.

Some good recent news, though, is that I think I found a kyuudo place hopefully nearby. If I can manage to sign up for it, that'd be amazing, and nothing short of a miracle.

Of course, so will managing to sign up for insurance and a bank account. All in Japanese of course, unless I get super lucky, though I might not...seems I might have to choose between signing up with the suggested bank or being able to talk to someone who can Speak English....

Anyways, I hope that notice comes soon...sucks that I'll have to use my day off to go to Sendai though.

Speaking of which, some other good news (I think) is that I met someone online. I know, the beginning of every horror story. But hopefully it'll turn out well, and I'll at Least get another friend. And if I have more reason to go to Sendai, perhaps I can find other part time teaching jobs as well to boost my income. That'd be nice, though I don't even know How to begin advertizing...beats me.

Yesterday's day off was nice. Although, honestly, I did become a bit restless, I didn't spend money and I wasn't exhausted at the end of the day, in fact I was able to sleep till 3 PM. Yeah, I know. Shocked me too, since I hadn't been able to do that since I got here, although granted, I did toss and turn a lot, and it was more like dozing or napping than an actual straight through sleep. But that's all.

I've also been thinking about starting up fanfiction again. I mean writing it, thanks to coming across an actually fairly decent piece yesterday (which is saying something, really). Duno if I'll have the motivation. Would be nice to get back into it, since I did enjoy it.

Also, as a random note, I can't believe I forgot my stuff today. I even remembered that I needed it, but somehow it never made it into my bag. Go figure. At least I was able to think on my feet for once.

And Japanese is killing my English grammar.

And for one last note that has nothing to do with Japan but had been the reason I couldn't fall asleep easily last night:

Boys. Kuyashii. God, somehow that's the biggest understatement of the century. Yeah...

I swear those pics will be up soon...

Ijou.