Triumph!

T5B: 1) I got to talk to Jerod today. 2) My lecture went REALLY well! 3) I got some good stuff done. 4) I had a delicious dinner (spicy ramen). 5) I was able to ride my bike to Zenrinkan! :D

basal temp: 36.36

Morning:
- left myself almost 10 and half hours to sleep - my body took 6 and got me 73% :c
- read in bed for a little while (finished my book)
- finally got up and showered
- did laundry
- did dishes
- hung up my laundry
- got ready to go out

Notes: All that stuff took me a while - mostly because I kept trying to get back to sleep. So I got a lot done but my morning was crappy.

Afternoon:
- made a quick lunch while I messaged Jerod
- went to the bank
- went to Zenrinkan
- lectured for a little over an hour (tons of people showed up! :D)
- went to the grocery store, bought foods, cycled home with my goods
- put away my groceries
- messaged Jerod some more

Notes: I'm SO glad I made a detailed outline for today. I meant to leave 15 minutes for questioning. I only had 7 minutes by the time I finished everything and told them to go ahead and ask me questions. There was a lot of staring and blinking. DOH! Akeko finally asked a question and luckily I had brought my laptop for a presenation and was able to pull up iTunes and play French music for them. :)  -- Today it was 5°! It felt SOOO warm - it was wonderful!

Evening:
- talked to Jerod
- made myself some dinner
- read a little bit
- played a game or two on my phone

Notes: I got most of my stuff done today, so yay for that! :) I forgot yesterday to tell you about my classes though! My first class was with hs and the kid who has never participated in a full lesson participated the whole time yesterday! Even the JTE said she was surprised! :D I was ecstatic! :) He even wrote out what he did for winter vacation!! Way to go Y! It was a great success for us all I think! My second lesson was with the jhs kids. Oh man. We did a relay to practice time (What time is it?). They were excited but as it got harder it wasn't that fun anymore. :/ Sorry guys! Then we played a different game where they asked me the time (and I had clocks put up that displayed set times) and I would say one of the times. They had to run and touch the right clock. They really enjoyed that. :D Then my third lesson was with the elem kids. I showed you the pictures a few days ago from three popular anime series. They practiced asking about birthdays. So we went through the characters and then went and asked other teachers (for them to practice their English). I hope we're not a bother. I did it once because I needed to stretch my lesson and I thought it would be good for them to practice with people OTHER than just me and their regular teacher. Now the JTE puts "I want them to ask the teachers." I think it's a good idea - I just hope we're not a nuisance. :/ :) But that was my day with them. Such AMAZING students! Hope your Friday was awesome and your day was warm too! XOXO, A

blast from the past: When I was in hs, I took a Desktop Publishing course (mainly as a filler and because it sounded interesting). One day we had a sub. My unusual name was, obviously, learned by the members of my class so when she mispronounced it, the other students corrected her. She was told I was French (asking about my name). She then started to hover near me and overheard me talking to the friend next to me. Then she swoops in afterwards and says, in a raised voice and very slowly, "YOU HAVE VERY GOOD ENGLISH!" Me: ".... THANK YOU!" I wanted to say, "I should hope so after having spoken it for 12 years!" Sheesh woman! LOL