Anxious Day

T5B: 1) I got to talk to Jerod and Dre. 2) The sister missionaries came by and taught me how to pray and testify in Japanese! :D 3) I got to read. 4) I cleaned my apartment. 5) I did laundry.

basal temp: 36.30

Morning:
- slept pretty well (got enough sleep, yatta!)
- got ready for work
- biked (IN THE FREEZING! but at least I got to bike) to Zenrinkan
- had class for an hour
- talked with the ladies afterwards for a bit (told them I had an appt but they wouldn't let me leave!)
- biked home quickly to find the sister missionaries already knocking on my door (oops)
- the sisters taught me how to pray and testify in Japanese (:D) and brought cookies! (I supplied the milk. ... From the store!)
- messaged Dre and Jerod a little bit (throughout the morning)

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Afternoon:
- I washed my dishes, cleaned my sink, counters, and burner
- swept all my floors
- did my laundry
- hung up my laundry to dry
- read
- talked to Jerod
- picked up my apartment (felt so badly I didn't get to clean BEFORE I had the sisters here :/)

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Evening:
- ate (I ate all three meals today)
- read some more
- talked to Jerod a little more (that's been the best part of my break I think - family time with Jerod and with my family :D)
- huddled in my blankets

Notes: Today has been cold and it's only getting colder! :/ Dane it! It's also been full of anxiety for me. I've had several small panic attacks. I believe I will ask the elders for a blessing tomorrow. If I were back home, this would already be summer break! But the Japanese school year is year-round and I am feeling like I am a very thin thread about to fray or snap. :/ Ok, good part - funny story: So, last year (starting the year before that) I taught ASL [American Sign Language] at a charter school in Provo. I approached the subject the way I learned it - from a silent classroom. Of course, my teachers were all Deaf, but I too wanted to create an environment of Deaf space and decided I would never speak. I still made sure to tell my students that I was hearing but that I wanted to create Deaf space. One especially oblivious (read: inattentive) junior high schooler missed when I told everyone I was hearing. The next class period, as I was teaching he started talking. I turned around, as my back had been to him before, gave him the eye, then kept teaching. A few minutes later he was at it again (when my back was turned once more). So I turned and gave him the eye and signed for him to stop talking. This time when I turned back away (I believe I was writing something on the board) he whispered loudly, "How does she DO that!? She always knows when I'm talking!" LOL Thanks W, YMMD! Oh and I spoke to my classes on my last day there before I came to Japan. Have you ever seen every eye in the classroom pop out at once? I have! :D Have a great weekend! XOXO, A

Jerod sent me a picture today - he's so handsome! :D

I can braid my hair!!! Barely... but still!

Here is all the origami I did over the break - separated into classes (other than CS that is all together since I only have 28 students there).

Nooooooooo :c - It keeps changing! Before everything was -4 at night and then -13 for Tuesday and it all shifted and got colder and SLIGHTLY warmer - but it's been FREEZING and that's a lot of shutting off my water :/ I hope winter ends soon!