My new car!!

Aug. 26 Wednesday

So after separating all my freakin trash and throwing it out for the people to pick up, I left to go to the middle school. I really hoped I separated it right. Because if not I`ll get my trash back with a large red tag on it that has a big white X for “you separated me wrong, bitch!” ...eheh…that`s what happened last time with not taking the caps off the plastic bottles. So I got to the middle school just in time before the morning bell rang. I saw a lot of my students running out with a bunch of traveling bags. I was like what`s going on?!! So I went inside put my stuff down and saw some teachers heading outside to where the 2nd graders were standing around with their luggage. I asked Iwata-san and she told me that the students were going on a trip and the teachers were sending them off. NOOOO!!!! My beloved second graders! They`re my favorites! Aww…I wish I could go with them and not go to school too… All the 3rd years also came out to say goodbye. And I have to say that the 3rd year boys look pretty good in their normal clothes. Yes yes, I know, they`re technically 9th graders in high school so I shouldn`t even be looking at them. But they`re already on their way to being total hotties. I can`t help but evaluate. lol I`m not a predator I swear. =P So as they left on their bus it was a tearful-well not really- good bye with lotsa waving. Then the 3rd years went to go pick up trash around campus as part of their morning once a week class of sorts. But I was like "What trash?! Where is it?!" It`s super clean so I doubt there was anything for the kids to do.

When 2nd period came along I went up with Shibata-sensei to teach the 3rd years as the only 2 classes left here are the 3rd years and 1st years. So I feel like a tape recorder in this class. There`s really not much for me to do as I just say words/sentences in English and have the students repeat after me. The rest of the class is all the teacher. But after class I got to talk with some of the students. And I found out that one of the girls liked Mr. Children! I was so happy and so was she! We started talking about it and she said if there`s a concert she`ll tell me! ^^ Another girl came up to me to talk about Arashi. Haha, it was fun. I went back downstairs and did almost nothing except chat with the teachers and go online. Yes, I had no more classes for the rest of the day. So at lunch I ended up wandering around the school and went into the 3rd year class to talk with the people. They`re still a little weary of me, but for the most part they`re warming up. When thebell rang that signified the end of lunch I walked out to find the popular boys of the class lounging outside besides the staircase. I think that`s their fav hang out spot. Anyways I was like "It`s not time for you to go in yet?" And they just stared at me for a little bit. haha. So I pointed to my watch and reittirated. They then understood and was like 5 more minutes! lol And went back to lounging. Haha, I can just see them being the bad boys of the high school now..lol

So I then just returned to my office and continued drawing my art on my post box. It`s taking longer than I thought it would. Seriously. But I finally finished it and all the teachers came over to take a look at it. lol They were amazed. XD So in the afternoon since there was absolutely nothing to do, Sakurai-san and Iwata-sensei invited me to ride over to the high school for some veggie shopping! I was like hell yeah I`ll go! So we rode our bikes out to the high school. It was such a nice day today and the 3 of us had some pretty funny conversations. I really cherish times like these. It`s lovely. So we got to the high school and they were selling eggplants and green bellpeppers outside the agriculture classroom. They just had them sitting outside with a canopy over them and a little can to put money into. The things were ridiculously cheap! Like seriously! One eggplant or bellpepper was only 50yen!! 50 yen for one!!! I bought two fat eggplants. And one of them had a penis-shaped extension sticking out of it!! Wahahaha. I took a picture of it and I just had to buy that one because it was just so absurd looking. Heheh. Iwata-sensei (the super cute female teacher) tried to be more civilized and said it looked like a tengu...but Sakurai-san and I both still think it`s a penis...>D Anyways, we went back and that was the end of my day in school.

After school, though, I decided to ride my bike around town for fun. It`s quite relaxing especially when the sun`s not beating down on you. It`s nice and sunsetty but darker because the sun was already covered by a lot of clouds. I like that. So I rode around a couple of back alley areas to get to know the area better and discovered a pen where 3 ponies were grazing! Cute fat little things! And there was a little girl standing there staring at them as well who turned out to be one of my younger elementary students! She saw me and said hi and ran over to the house next door to get a 1st grade boy to come say hi to me. Hehhe. I ended up feeding the ponies tufts of grass with her. Then 3 more girls from 5th grade rode their bikes over and was super surprised to see me there. haha. They were like "Wha? Theresa-sensei?!" They had bowls of leftover fruits and veggies to throw into the pen for the ponies. I fed them too! So cute and fat! And the little kiddies were having fun too. Then their grandma came and talked to me for a little bit and told me there were more horses down yonder. It was alrady 6pm so I bade everyone farewell and rode over the the horse ranch to see them. There were about 7 horses. 2 in each pen and 1 lone one. I then rode around more and met some old people and started talking to them. I love talking to old people, though I don`t understand a word they say sometimes...lol I baked one of the fat eggplants for dinner with beef steak strips. Yummers.

Aug. 27 Thursday

Off to see Mr. Gorgeous at the high school. I taught the 3rd year oral class and 1st year English class with him today. Though I felt like a tape recorder for a little bit. The students have started to warm up to me more so I`m happy. The first year students are really lively but the 3rd year class is totally dead....I`ll think of something for them to do like getting up and moving around. Anyways, so afterwards I went back into my office desk area and just sat and did nothing again. Well, actually, I tried thinking of something active for the students to do...but I`m not sure if what I thought of was too basic or something. Because their English level isn`t as good as I think it could be. So I think I`m just going to play some kind of self-intro game.

So Mr. Gorgeous would periodically come over and pull up a chair next to me and talk with me. I really really enjoy that because just being close to him makes me squeally. haha. I`m such a sap. And I get to know more about him. Heh, anyways around lunch time I went over to the elementary to eat lunch with the 6th graders. This is my first time meeting them. I went up to eat lunch with the kids and sat in one of the boy`s regular seat while he went to go do something else. I sat across from Ryo (the boy I met at the bonodori) and next to Shinpei, and diagonal from Kana. My goodness, Ryo is going to be an absolute hearthrob when he grows up, no joke. He`s outgoing, sporty, has the hair, and you can totally tell by his looks that he will look absolutely handsome as he gets older. Such a cutie. Same with Shinpei. Absolute cutie! His hair is cute and he wears little black frame glasses. It makes him cuter! Doesn`t really speak to me too much but loves to laugh when I talk to him and helps me with opening packages of my foods. I was a retard and couldn`t open a bag that contained my bread...lol He laughs a lot and I quite like that. Kana`s english listening ability was excellent for her age and grade. I was so impressed with her and so were the boys at our table group.

After lunch I went back downstairs as there was an hour before I started 5th period teaching with them. So I went down and just chilled for an hour before going back up. One of the boys from the 6th grade class saw me coming and shouted to the others "She`s here!" and then came out and said that right now I can`t go in because everyone`s cleaning. So I just hung around outside and played with the random stuff they have out in the halls with this cute little boy. He would periodically go to check on the class and finally, I was able to go in. As I walked in the students started clapping and on the board in big colorful letters with multitudes of drawings and pictures was "Welcome Ms. Theresa!" I was absolutely stunned and overjoyed. All I could say was "OMG, subarashii!" I love this class!

I then started to do my self-intro with the projector and then started taking questions from the kids. The kids were happy that I love video games and anime. Something to talk to them about. And the girls were really happy that I like the HYD drama Japanese version. Then we played a game that involved my likes and dislikes. And then aftewards we played a tiring game of simon says. I totally wore the kids out because I made them do physical activities such as sit down and then getting up and then sitting down and then getting up for 5 times. Haha. >D It was funny and the kids absolutely loved it. Will play this game again that`s for sure. Then that was the end of class.

I went back to my office desk and discussed the next class activities with the teacher. The problem is that there is a textbook I have to follow so I can`t really do much games or anything like that independently. It`s sad. >.< But it`s okay, I`ll try my best with the kids. So then all the teachers left me again to go have their meeting and so I decided to wander around the school until I heard some students voices. I found a couple of girls in the gym playing volleyball. When they saw me they were like "Theresa-sensei!!!" And ran over to me and hugged me! Such a wonderful feeling to be loved like this!! They asked me if I wanted to play hide and seek (kakurenbo) so I was like yeah! lol We played for a little bit, but when the actual warm up time for the little volleyball club started I joined in on it as well. It was fun and the kids seemed to love having me there. I`m glad.

At 4 I went to the BOE to get my car!!! It`s finally here! I`m so happy! My little white box car! I will take pictures of it when the days aren`t rainy. It`s so cute and perfect. But the wierd thing is I didn`t feel any nervousness or weirdness having to drive on the opposite side. It was like the most normal thing in the world! I drove it like I drive in the states except opposite side. Although I did have problems with the blinkers and wipers being on opposite sides though. haha. Su was just as happy for me as I was with my car. I decided to take her to Shibetsu to eat dinner with me in my new car! We were both so excited to finally be able to go to the next city in a car freely! Hahaha. We first drove around the city to explore and then went to the supermarket to buy foods for cooking. We went to the little "hillside box" restaurant. And their softcream was soooo good. I had their macha topped softcream. Su and I talked about a lot of things and gossips. Like about the secret relationships people and teachers were having at the town hall, high school, middle school, and elementary. So funny and unexpected! But as I figured, Mr. Gorgeous does have a girlfriend...or that is what Su heard as a rumor. She could be wrong...lol But someone that wonderful has to of course have a girlfriend already. >.< boo... Anyways we drove back home in the super dark and I felt accomplished. Hahah. yay for today!

Otsukare-sama for reading! Thanks!