World Traveler: DAAAAAHHH!!!

(I wrote this post and my comp deleted it - SO aggravating!)

T5B: 1) (I got to talk to Jerod.) I got lots done today. 2) My lessons went really well. 3) I got to read. 4) I got off early. 5) I have a pretty easy next week. :D

basal temp: 36.41

Morning:
- slept ok (83%), but felt exhausted (usually do on Fridays, but the kids give me energy)
1st - taught jhs, went super well
2nd - prepped for 3rd and 5th
3rd - taught elem, went really well
4th - spaced a little, corrected worksheets, planned for MM

Notes: For my jhs lesson, we did "It looks like you are.." "You look.." So first I had them match emoticons to the names of the emotions. Then we played janken with the emotions. I would show the emoticon picture and they had to raise their hand and tell me the emotion. If they were right, we jankened (rock, paper, scissors) and if I win they had to keep standing. If they won, they got to sit. Man I went undefeated for a while (tsuyoi!). It was fun. Then we all played emotion charades and they had to say the sentence to get a point. It was a blast. :D One girl, K, chose to do happy and did a little penguin dance. I said, "You look like a penguin!" It was great fun! -- For elem, we did "What do you want to be?" We played career charades and ended with their own future desires. Y said he wanted to be a photographer and A said she wants to be a hair stylist. (Of course I mentioned Angèle to her!) It was so fun! When I tried charades at MM, it fell completely flat. HOWEVER, at CS the kids really get into it and we have so much fun! I'm so grateful for that!!

Afternoon:
- lunch
5th - taught hs, went really well
- got to leave early (Fridays I do)
- went to the bank
- went to Daiso to exchange a craft punch
- made an appt with the dentist
- went grocery shopping

Notes: The girls I taught today are the same group in which I made a girl cry on my first day. I hadn't seen them since then! So I was a LITTLE nervous, but it went SO WELL! We did auxiliary verbs today. The first section was an interview activity, "Can you...?" It was fun. :) I learned some interesting things about the students and the JTE. Then we went through three aux verbs and their meaning in Japanese and wrote a simple sentence using each. Then I had the girls read their sentences. After that we played a dice game that was really fun. :) Then we did four more verbs for which we were going to play the dice game again but ran out of time. It was so fun though. We were all laughing and having a good time. I was being my usual goofy self and they taught me some more signs. SUCCESS ALL AROUND!!

Evening:
- took a bad downturn and felt AWFUL all night
- had some panic attacks
- read a little
- watched a little anime
- went to bed

Notes: I don't know what happened but suddenly I felt AWFUL. The flu has been going around (epidemic in some towns) and TONS of my MM students were out because of it. I was SO WORRIED I was getting it. It was a rough night. Still, love to you all! XOXO, A

blast from the past: Just a short funny story ~ Jerod and I attended a haunted cornfield. One worker warned us, "Watch out for Corn Kids!" Oh man, after that moment, Jerod started calling out (and still does when he remembers to do so), "Coooorn kids!" in this really creepy voice. I get into haunted houses and I kept trying to shush him since he was giving away our location AND being creepy, lol. What a grand night that was!