getsuyoubi

I decided before I leave - and before things get too crazy - I would give you a play-by-play of my week. This is also a good heads up for Lorraine, who no doubt is getting antsy about the uncertainty of the next year of her life.

Monday is probably the most mundane day of my week (at least this semester). This morning, I woke up at 7:30 for a quick workout and shower. I tutored an English speech contestant at 9 and then came back for some quality Skype time with Brian. Monday is always slow in the morning. At noon, I had lunch and led a Bible study with a small group of students. Seike san was absent today, so they had to listen extra carefully (Seike san usually translates at the end of the study to clarify what they didn't understand).

At 1, I had my first level-up meeting of the day. On Monday, I only have two groups (both 2nensei). Unfortunately, the second group didn't show up because they noticed a sign on the door that said the International Relations Office had moved, so they weren't sure where we were meeting (this sign has been posted since March...). Instead, I got to work on a farewell speech that I will spontaneously be giving (in Japanese) at my spontaneous sayounara party next Thursday night. Full of surprises around here.

At 2:40, I headed to 2nensei English conversation class to assist Maekawa sensei (the woman I will climb Fuji with this weekend). I love this class (it is the regular class - Dan teaches advanced - so it has given me a chance to get to know the quiet, underachievers and discover how hilarious and bright most of them are). However, the humidity gave us all an especially big dose of the Mondays...so it was pretty difficult to survive. At 4:20, when I arrived at the 1nensei English conversation class to assist Horiyuchi sensei (the woman I went to Nagano with this winter), she delighted us by sending us all home.

So here I am, writing in my blog instead. I hope these entries will get more exciting over the week, but we're off to a slow start. Give us a break...we are melting. Central a/c would be really nice at this point.

I will be meeting with another student at 6 to work on her English speech (hopefully the last of the speech tutoring sessions since tomorrow is the semi-final round). After that, I am going to eat some cheese (I bought it at Costco last week and couldn't be happier) and read a Chinese book about Eastern thought. A Chinese book translated into English and sold in Japan. I feel so stinking enlightened.