basal temp: 36.41
Morning:
- had a REALLY hard time sleeping ~ it was SO cold I turned on the heater in the middle of the night (I didn't check the temp THEN, but when I got up it was -11!)
- laid awake a lot but managed to get 85%! wahoo!
- took out my plastic trash, the bus ride was fairly pleasant
1st - taught 1.5, went fairly well
2nd - taught 1.1, went well
3rd-4th - corrected worksheets as fast as possible, finished up my last worksheet, did two rewrites of sections of the textbook for Hashimoto-sensei
Notes: It's FREEZING. It's like I thought I knew cold... no, no. LOL Still, I'm surviving it just like the summer. And I've taken to telling myself, essentially, "This too shall pass." I was stressed this morning (well this whole week really) and just told myself each time I started freaking out, "Before you know, you'll be home and the day will be over!" And it's turned out true every time. It hasn't quite worked yet for Jerod's visit. HOWEVER, considering I started the countdown at 119 and now it's at 22, that's progress!
Afternoon:
- took it easy during lunch
5th - taught 2.1, went really well
6th - taught 2.2, went really well - so much fun
- corrected worksheets quickly, helped with cleaning time, got my schedule for MM for next week (it's BEAUTIFUL)
- the wait for the bus wasn't as long as yesterday, thank goodness, and the ride home was pleasant
Notes: Lately I've been doing a pronunciation (L & R) lesson with the second years. It tanked the first time, but every other time so far it's gone REALLY well. The students just have fun with it. And they make me laugh. It's fairly well known that a Japanese r is a cross between and r and an l so distinguishing and saying those letters is really difficult for them. Some portions were listening (and they would go crazy and made me laugh) and some were speaking. 2.2 was especially fun. At the end of the class we played Fruit Basket with our L & R words. Well as Kanamori-s was sitting with the students, I assigned her word and told her to play. She did and she was a champ about it. It was so funny - the kids, at one point, blocked her so she would be it. The whole class clapped and laughed. Then she got called out because she wasn't getting up for her word (which the students kept saying to watch her run around). I was doubled over laughing at their antics and her shouting at them. It was SO FUN.
Evening:
- got home, made spaghetti for dinner
- ate, messaged Jerod
- printed out worksheets
- read a little
Notes: Hope you had as nice and productive and as fun a day as I did. :) XOXO, A
blast from the past: One day I was, well, being myself. I am what Jerod calls "excitable" and what I call "energetic." In any case, I was excited. When I got to his apartment I was so excited and energetic I started running around his coffee table making excited noises (like "eeeeeeeee!!!") while he got ready. He stopped to watch me and said, "No coffee for you. EVER. No caffeine. I don't know what you would do and if I could survive it." LOL Wise words.
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| The faces on my fridge, welcoming me home (such a skeptical Takumi!) |
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