It's official! I'm comin hooooomme! Well.. in August. And well.. don't quite know where yet. And well.. yea.
But yes, in February I did not resign my contract for another year. So I have begun the resume writing/job searching/stressing out cause there are NO jobs in America process. It is frightening and exciting, as it always is when you are starting a new chapter in your life. It will be really hard to say goodbye to some amazing friends here, but just as amazing to say see friends and family at home. But i still have almost half a year left here, so, don't worry, there are a lot more posts left!
Winter has come.. and gone? After mentally preparing myself for a snow covered, freezing and long winter, Mr. Global Warming decided to kick in and provide minimal snow and fairly warm temperatures. We had only a handful of snowy days and so far I've ONLY been boarding about 15 times. Hopefully we will get in a few more times before the cherry trees start blooming and the snow all melts. I've been busy at school as well as the year wraps up in March. Plenty of projects and a new curriculum for the Elementary Schools have challenged my ways-to-make-kids-not-hate-English abilities.
My 2nd graders doing a book project with my sister-in-law's 1st grade class
Celebrated "Setsubun-no-hi" with my Wednesday Night Japanese Family (they take me in every Wednesday for dinner). On this day we throw beans inside the house for good luck and outside the house to drive out the demons.. then you close the door really fast so the demons don't get back inside. Then you eat a futou maki (sushi roll) silently and face a between north-west and north.. i think. I couldnt really figure out the signifigance of some of the things but throwing beans around the house was fun!
Setsubun Beans
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