Transmission Transition

I have about fifteen minutes of free time just now, so I’m making the most of it.

Thursday was a farewell party where the kyoto sensei came and said some pretty heartfelt things about my tenure here. To top it off he bought me a bottle of whiskey, which I drank all of.

Friday was a bit of a broken day for me, not only because of the announcement to the kids, but also because I had nearly killed myself with a bottle of wikky. The only way I could top this was to have a karaoke session that meant I didn’t get to be till about 4am…

That said, we sang the theme tune to Gatchaman, Cutie Honey, and Rip Slyme’s Sharp Shooter (used for Gantz).

Saturday was waking up at 9am to travel to Morioka for my dental appointment. As the dentist is about 15km outside of the city, the bus I took didn’t go where I thought it did, which left me jumping into a taxi and running around the countryside for an hour as the driver marvelled at how much he didn’t know about where he was going.

Saturday evening was spent with Jake and Claire, playing Rez and generally hurting our thumbs.

Sunday was a chance for me to meet up with Brock, the guy who I’m taking over from. He gave me a tour of the apartment buildings where I will hopefully be staying. I’m quite impressed – its smaller than my current apartment, but it does have a certain something to it. That said, the hill up to the building is nothing short of suicidal. I fear greatly for myself come the high of summer and winter.

Spent Sunday night in a hotel.

After a late night return to Kuzumaki, yesterday was a blur of teaching, helping out prior JETs, getting info for a weeklong conference I’m putting together, canceling my rent direct debit, trying to arrange shipping of my belongings, having meetings about teaching, as well as doing correction/translation work for the town mayor.

Here’s hoping that today is quieter (ignores the fact that I am now staying late to interview students for a trip to Germany…)