Lately

SO may birthday was last week. It was good. The weekend before I had some friends over for italian food. I invited a bunch of people, but thought only a few were coming until the ight before when a bunch more people RSVPed. So I ended up with a whopping attendance number of 15! It was a lot of fun, but next time I'll make people RSVP earlier as if I had known so many people were coming, I probably would have gone shopping for food supplies earlier to ensure I could get everything (the store is being re-organized and I couldn't find some things!). Then the night before my birthday I went out for honey toast with some friends, and on my actual birthday I didn't do much outside of school, but in school an elementary class of mine made me gifts and we baked crackers together. They also wrote the cutest letters (in Japanese but thankfully mostly understandable!). I also got a package from my family which was awesome, a lot of emails from friends and family(thanks!), a card from my grandma, presents from my Aunt, a present from my friend Jo, a present from my superviser, and a card and present from Paul. Thanks everyone! Sorry if I missed you on this list but believe me everything was appreciated!

I've been MIA lately mostly because cold season finally got to me! Many people in all my schools are sick (some with flu, others with cold... thankfully I've only got a cold *knocks on wood*) and I had a record breaking period of general healthyness. Oh well, had to happen sometime...

Well, the last two days are exams so I've had NO CLASSES. I actually don't mind though, because between two sick days and a bunch of elementary school visits, I haven't had much time to catch up on work at my base school. I finished two projects, completely re-organized my desk, corrected a bunch of papers, and now I am studying lots of Japanese. I will be happy to get back into teaching classes though. I get restless being in the same room all day, though I suppose I shouldn't complain since that's what most jobs are like.


Lisa