Birthday

Even though I had a full week of work last week, it still felt very random because every day was completely different. On Monday I visited schools to learn their location and greet my future co-workers. On Tuesday and Wednesday I went to job training, and on Wednesday night I taught conversation classes. On Thursday I went to opening ceremonies for one of the elementary schools and my junior high school. I was very tired after that and fell asleep at 6:30. On Friday I had a normal day of work with no classes—basically I just stared at the computer most of the day.

That night I went out with Davide and Corali to the bar. We didn’t stay out too late or drink too much, but the next day we were supposed to start playing tennis at 6:20 AM, and in the end it didn’t happen. Later on Saturday I took Davide climbing at the climbing gym. They didn’t have shoes near the right size for him to rent, so he used his running shoes, which was far from ideal. We ended up leaving half an hour early. I managed to do a difficult mostly horizontal problem with relative ease.

Sunday was mostly normal, but in the evening I went to Matsumoto with Davide, Sayantani, and Corali. First we went to the Irish pub, then we found an interesting small-ish pub with no English menu at all. They had Nagano specialties like horse meat and bee larvae. It was the first time I had seen bee larvae on a menu. I didn’t try it this time though. I ended up missing my talk with Mom and Dad.

Today I feel lethargic. I have a cough, but I’m pretty sure it started on Friday so I can’t blame it on the alcohol and late nights (although I’m sure they didn’t help me recover). I haven’t studied Japanese today aside from listening to a lecture on road safety and general teacher’s room chat, so I’m planning to go home, read Steins;Gate, watch a bit of anime, and maybe go to sleep early.