Monday, 22 November 2010

Day 121 in Japan - A Garfield-esque Monday

On my bike ride to Shimizu this morning, I seemed to see everyone. I ran into about 30 students from Akashi kita, to various gasps of surprise muffled by scarves. I even saaw my principal from Akashi kita riding past me to work! The order of the classes at Shimizu was all stuffed around so as soon as I walked in the door I had to rush to my first class still puffed from bike ride.

Was all psyched for a good day today, and that lasted through my first two classes but the third sapped my will to live. Got through to lunch without losing it and then locked myself in the classroom and had a few moment of quiet contemplation. Those were my only 5 mins alone for the day. Ahhh, Shimizu. At least you are consistently soul-destroying. The rest of the day was very busy and very boring.

I rode home in the rain, but at least with Anna visiting there is someone to come home to! It's nice to see a light on when you walk into the house. We chatted and cooked up a storm - we made spaghetti bolognese and ate cheesecake while Sam was at work. We kept chatting after he got home (at 9:30), and before I knew it, it was 1 am! Oops!

Food Highlight of the Day: The bolognese sauce that Anna and I made was no Dad-quality, but it was warm and filling and a good antidote to an ordinary day.

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