IrishOboe

Time is flying by and I only have two more weeks in Japan. I’m finding it so hard to believe I’m not living like it’s true. I haven’t written about my trip to Kyoto with APAB but I don’t have time for both, so it will have to wait. It was a lovely time, though!

This was the last week of school and though I only had three classes planned I was kept quite busy. I did manage to clean up my desk area to a state that satisfied me, though there is still more junk that is necessary. At least it’s somewhat organized and the desk space is clear. I cleaned out drawers of coins fused together by melted rubber bands and other such disgusting items I never got around to doing while I was here. If only I’d cleaned my desk and apartment before I stayed a year it would have been much more pleasant!

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On the long weekend (Sat.-Mon.) I went with two families from Hippo to a condo in Nagano. Biki and Piccolo (Hippo nicknames) and their three children (Achi-kun (7?), K-chan (5?), and Tomo-chan (2?); and Ikumi (Hippo nickname is Stitch – yes, from the movie, she’s in 6^th grade and is the girl who really likes me for whatever reason), her brother (Ritsu?) and Mom (Japanese names are still hard for me to catch). That makes nine people and we went in one minivan. I was shocked, but I guess in Japan, it’s okay to load five kids and a baby in a car without seatbelts and travel at top speed. I wore mine, but I felt bad for the kids!

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