one more working day and golden week begins. this week has been a bit easier, mostly because the kid who i teach twice a week for 45 minutes of pure and utter hell each, was absent. regardless, tomorrow will suck, of course they can leave my last day of the week before a 10 day vacation to be one with 8 classes with my hour lunch at 12:00 being the only break between classes i get straight until 8:00. but i cant complain, i was originally supposed to come in at 10:30 tomorrow morning to work a half hour of overtime to do a trial but it was cancelled. so i’m trying to look on the bright side of things.
this is my manager’s last week. the new manager, who beth and brent have been convincing me is going to make my life a living hell, has been here for the week. she doesnt seem so bad, but perhaps thats because my manager is still here. We will see after the break i guess. regardless, i’m really going to miss my manager. she did a lot for me, really went out of her way for me. I dont think i would have gotten half as far as i have here without her help. In japan everyone carries around small hand towels because the bathrooms don’t have paper towels ever and because in the summer it gets so hot you need to towel yourself off all the time. anyways, my manager gave me a burberry handtowel as a gift because she’s leaving. so unbelievably sweet. Mike and i are going to split on a going away present for her, and i’m going to be sure to write her a nice card to thank her for everything she’s done, i think i’ll buy her some flowers or something also, just from me. She’s looked up information on trips for me, helped me book my flight to okinawa, just endless things, that apparently my new manager definitely wont do (bummer). i’m hoping maybe my old manager will keep in touch. she is such a sweet lady.
anyways, tomorrow is the last day of work before my 10 day break, as i was saying, then early sunday morning i mission out to tokyo airport to meet jarek. his flight gets in at 1:00, its going to take me about 3 hours (and 100 bucks) to get there, and then he will probably take a while going through customs and all that, then i guess we will drop their bags off at their hotel, hopefully get to hang out for a bit. i want to take them to shibuya to see the crazy intersection and do some shopping maybe, and then hopefully catch a fun japanese dinner somewhere, then i must catch the shinkansen at 9:30 to get back to toyohashi to catch the last train back to okazaki in time…. and then Monday morning head to the airport in nagoya to head for a fun filled 5 days in Okinawa!
i just bought an armload of fun summer clothes which is making me more excited, this is a trip i need more than anything right now. its going to be an amazing five days, that’s for sure. I come back the evening of May 3rd, then the 4th is kyoko, my coworker’s wedding. i still dont know what i’m going to wear, which is probably trouble. perhaps i’ll find something cute in okinawa? i dont know if there’s much shopping in okinawa, but there has to be some shops. perferably ones with cute dresses to wear to weddings…
anyways..i need a cute pair of brown or gold summery shoes and a swimsuit by monday…. uh oh.
I’ve been sleeping a bit better this week. I’ve been using a hello kitty eye mask to block out the brightness of my apartment once the sun rises (seeing as my curtains are not long enough to cover my entire windows/sliding doors to my balcony) and it seems to be helping me sleep a bit. still having lots of strange vivid dreams and waking up a few times throughout the night, but at least having a little less trouble falling back to sleep.
The weather is getting beautiful. Last weekend it was almost too hot for t-shirts and a couple days this week have been the same. the nights are a bit cooler, and there are days full of really intense rain, which is a terrifying prelude to a disgusting thing japan calls “raining season” which i’m not looking forward to experiencing at all. i would prefer feet and feet of snow to days of disgusting hot humidity and endless rain. then after that is the scorching summer heat ive already experienced… so nonetheless i will enjoy the beautiful breezy spring days and cool nights we are having now.
alright, perhaps i’ll post again before i leave for okinawa, but if not, i’ll be sure to catch you all up on the details of my trip when i return. lots of love. sayonara. xoxo
