Sushi Day!

Today was pretty great. Well I had some bad dreams and I was tired this morning and later than usual getting to the bus stop (still a few minutes early but it feels like a chance as in America I've had buses come early and I miss them because of that. I don't know how they get away with it, but I'm paranoid about that happening here.) In any case, once I got on the bus, I was feeling awesome! When I got to the school I got my stuff and got started. I already had my copies made so I continued working on my fast finishers. I am proud to say that I have 3 crossword puzzles ready to go (and on one all the clues are in Kanji so it took me FOREVER to make), and 1 word search. From creation to printing, I did all the work myself. :D I hope I get to use them!

Today I had only 2 classes as Oikawa-sensei had business to take care of today so one of my classes was cancelled. I had asked around yesterday and I had asked around a little bit this morning for the SLP for next week and I finally got some information. My information for the third years was, make something. Done. I had already made a worksheet for one class on my own (just in case) and then I made another one for the 2 classes in a different textbook. Then I finally received word on the first years. I made this beautiful worksheet and I just tried printing it... it won't work. *sigh* So I will have to change it. Dang it! *sigh* Oh well. It was funny, Hashimoto-sensei had told me about the worksheet and what they were thinking. I put it all together and at the end of the day he came to me with another similar idea. "Let me show you what I have." I totally wowed him. Then he asked, "What about the 2nd and 3rd graders?" I pulled up my worksheets for the third graders and told him my second grade class had been cancelled the following week. He just looked at me. "I like to be prepared." *blink blink* "I'm a very organized person." LOL He shook his head in amazement?, anyway he shook his head and walked away.

Anyway, my classes went really well - and Fujieda-sensei said, "That was a really good plan! The students liked it and it was fun!" YAY! Because classes are longer on Thursdays and Fridays I was able to play a game with them at the end of class. We played Fruit Basket with the new words I had taught them. (They got to practice their listening comprehension and the person who was "it" their pronunciation.) They LOVED the game. YAY! :D I am not having 100% success at every turn, but when I was showing Hashimoto-sensei my worksheets it struck me how blessed I am. (mmm) The worksheets were hard work to put together but the ideas were there. I even have a great warm up idea. I've been blessed with good ideas and plans and I am quite grateful for that.

I helped the students when it was cleaning time and when it was time to go I said goodbye to the teachers and took my leave. My bus ride home was exceptional and when I got home even better! For dinner I had miso (that I made myself) and (drumroll please) sushi! Sushi I made all by myself with no help or hints from anyone here. Well, other than M-s helping me to get the right kind of seaweed (nori) when we went shopping before. My avocado was finally ripe. I'm not sure how to get the right fish to make sushi so I made a vegetarian roll. I cooked up some carrots in some water and seasoning I have (no idea what the seasoning is but it tastes amazing and it's the sauce that when I asked M-s what the staple spice was, she came back with it and said, "I always cook with this."). I left them a little crunchy and then cut up my avocado and made the rice. I then spread the rice, added the veggies and rolled them up. I had some trouble with cutting the roll afterwards but man it was DELICIOUS. A package of nori comes with 7 wraps so I made 7 rolls. Dinner for tonight and 2 lunches. Sooo good! Man I am an accomplished woman. I got a lot done today! Here's pictures of my sushi making adventure:

During the process

The finished product :)

(Btw if you're wondering why I made sushi on my bed -- no counter space! And the little bit I've got is 3' high!) Welp, I've got some more lesson planning and things to take care of and then off to bed! :) Hope you all had a wonderful day or will have one! XOXO, A

Funny moments:

So, I finally managed to rid myself of my garbage stash! I was (accidentally) like one of those hoarders I hear about on tv. I got help from my home teachers with reading my garbage schedule and as of this morning, all my saved up garbage is gone! Yatta!

One of my third grade classes, during their warmup (which was to use magnets I'd given them - at least 3 - and make a sentence) made this sentence: I love pink sausage. I laughed so hard. Today one team of 3 boys came up with: I belong to the blue spring club. They hooted and laughed like it was the best  and funniest thing ever. I was so proud of them and couldn't help but laugh at their laughter. :) Japanese kids are so great!