Summary of Current Events

OMG It's been forever. I'M SORRY!!!

Well, to briefly summarize what's been going on:

I made sushi for two of my schools (my two larger ones, because apparently I'm a masochist and felt the need to make nearly 70 pieces of sushi both times) and they loved it!

I made a new bunch of friends who hold charity concerts. I've gone to one each week for the past month. Going to another one this weekend.

New bunch of friends invited me to Arakawa River (that's actually kind of redundant, but oh well) in Akabane (which is really far away!) this past Monday (because it was a random holiday) to play games, eat Yakiniku and dance. IT WAS MARVELOUS! My legs are still paying for it today. Mind you, it's already Thursday night. D: I also got a mean farmer tan that I either really need to even out or really need to lose. Ahahaha. I also learned how to dance to a really cute and super optimistic song that's SERIOUSLY stuck in my head now.

I went to the Japanese Scottish Games last weekend and had a blast. There was a really good looking Japanese guy in a kilt. That totally made my day! Not to mention all the awesome piping that went on. I really need to buy new batteries for my camera. At least I bought a cute little teddy that plays "Scotland the Brave"! :D He's super cute and is holding a little bagpipe too. I can't help but press the button and listen to it now. Ahahaha.

I'm becoming a better teacher! I feel AWESOME!

Oh! And I also got Pokemon Black, the new Pokemon game. It's completely in Japanese, but I'm persevering! I told my fifth graders that I'd gotten the game and one of them, who doesn't have the best family situation so I try to pay more attention to him outside of class and always remember his name, said "But isn't it hard for you because it's in Japanese?!". Awww~ he cares!

Another fifth grader in another class said that he has a sticker of the evolved form of the pokemon I chose and that he'd give me the sticker. It's probably so I can put it on my name tag along with other Pokemon stickers kids have given me. :D He's SUPER cute, and he has a brother in first year who is, I'm not exaggerating, a mini me version of him. Like, there's NO WAY to NOT know they're brothers. My goodness.