I`ve once again realized just how bad I am at this blogging thing. One reason is that I think about what I`m going to write, plan it word-by-word in my head…and then forget to write it! By the time I could sit down and do so, it`s not very timely anymore, so I tend not …
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So… to start, the middle of last week, I realized that the rescue doll I rescued needed new s-hooks because the ones she came with were rusting. I tried to order them online, but the website told me something about how my phone number and membership number (for Volks) didn’t match. That being the case, …
So in Japan, the school year ends in March. Between the end of school and the beginning of the new school year, kids have about two weeks off. That`s kids only though, not teachers. Since school ended, I`ve gone to Girl Scouts, hung out with other ALTs, went out with a friend, and went to …
This was actually two weekends ago, but I forgot to post pictures. On the 10th, I went to a friend`s apartment for the night, made her watch the original In-Laws, which she ended up loving, and early the next morning we headed out to go snowboarding! Here`s the mountain, and my friend setting up the …
Sunday I had Girl Scouts for the first time since before winter break. The troop in the town closest to me only meets once a month, so I`d missed both December and January. We made two things, a hinamatsuri ornament, and a fish. Well, the leader made the fish because I couldn`t figure out what …
So Saturday I was guilted into going to another manual labor volunteer day. It`s not the volunteer work I`m against, or the people I`d be working with. It`s the manual labor itself. But between feeling like I should go (I`ve only been once in the year I`ve been here), other ALTs telling me I should …
So, last weekend (or rather two weekends ago; this was the weekend of June 17/18) : On Friday night, there was an Enkai (work drinking party). It was all these neat traditional Japanese foods, and I should have taken a picture while we were waiting for the principal to arrive, and I forgot to. What …
