May day! May Day!

No cause for alarm. I'm just back on board.

Has been a funny few months, what with starting a new job and the weather doing it's best to penetrate my immune system. But now that I am living in the northern hemisphere I'm embracing the concept of spring cleaning and getting on with it.

Life at the 1 junior high and 4 elemetary schools I have been posted to is not too bad. Let the second graders in JHS get the better of me one day, but after debreifing with a fellow sensei am all good. Elementary school is fantastic, save for the two awkward kyu shoku dates with 6th graders. Although I'm only 1 month into my posting I am certain I know now why despite the fact Japanese people have 6 years of English education, they can't speak a lick of the language. I'm going to do my best to change that, but as Taku told me "Don't do your best too much." I also joked to one of the sensei's at JHS that the only thing I may learn about this job is しょがない and if that is so, then so be it.

Tomorrow the family is off to Tottori's desert, per my request for a Golden Week mini break, and I couldn't be happier. Have re-bonded with Eri recently and am feeling changes in my self that have been far too long coming. Taku and I also celebrated our ４年きねんび　last weekend with a date at Harbour Land in Kobe. Feasted at a Brasilian restaurant overlooking the water, shopped for clothes and posed for プリクラ. All in all it was a nice day.

I will no longer be afraid to be positive and believe the best in everyone and I will say my thank you's every morning. Life is good!

Stay tuned...

p.s 100 yen heaven has totally taken on a new meaning in my life these days what with being a sensei and all, so my first thank you goes to you dear　百えん.