Day 17

I officially have no favorite class. After every class, I'm like "now that's my favorite class!" The first graders are so so cute though. Today I looked in and they were doing 5+3=8. HAHAHA. I CAN'T EVEN. Can you even remember a time when you didn't know arithmetic? Can you even imagine functioning without it? THANK A TEACHER DUDE. Due to differences in societal expectations, classroom management in this school (/perhaps Japan) is kinda out of control, but we'll talk about that later maybe.

Today it rained the hardest it's rained since I've been here I think. It was POURING. ポツポツ (potsu potsu) means big drops. (They have like seventy different words for different types of rain since they get so dang much of it.) I definitely didn't want to go out again after work. But I had a productive day inside. I totally re-organized Guy's giant messy books/toys/crafts/teaching tools/supplies-for-the-kids bookshelf. It looks like a freaking Crate & Barrel catalog now. Let's just say I'm pretty good at organizing and making things look pretty. Mai and I made these little triangular flags and strung them up and hung them all the way around the room and it looks like we're ON A SHIP now. It's cute ^^ I will take pictures later.

I've been ravenous lately. Even after dinner I ate two popsicles, a full bag of popcorn, a cup of tea, and a jelly cup. What the heck?! So bad. I'm seriously DONE caring about my weight (read: done until I hit 30 or some age like that and start getting wider), so it's not that, but I don't want to eat too much because then I have less for later, thereby wasting money. I cannot afford to waste money. There's no point.

ひどい天気今日が。。。風がすごく強くてドブンドブンな雨が聞こえてちょっとこわい気持ちになった。
It's a little eerie hearing the heavy rain splooshing down.

Tonight we watched ダーリンは外国人(My darling is a foreigner), a movie about...just that. A Japanese woman dates an American man and(though he is fluent in Japanese) they encounter various barriers and cultural mishaps. Haha but it was so cute, I really enjoyed it. :) I highly recommend it.

That's all until I think of more!