Memoirs of an American in Japan

What can I say, I must be a little mad. I am packing up my bags and moving 5,500 miles away from all my family and friends to a little country called Japan. Some call me crazy, and some call me adventurous, but I am ready for the experience of a lifetime...

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Location: Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

On my second tour of teaching abroad, this time teaching Kindergarten in the Abu Dhabi desert.

Sunday, March 11, 2007

WHAT!! WHAT!!

It snowed today in Nagakute, Japan. Okay, I wouldn't call it snow so much as snow flurries, but there was definitely some white flakes falling from the sky. I have waited 3 months for snow and right as it should be warming up and I should be wearing flip flop, shorts and tshirts I am stuck wearing fleeces and sweatpants-grrrr. It is so cold I can't leave my living room for fear of freezing to death. I checked the weather for Sac town, and its 80 degrees, how is that possible. Please send some warm wishes my way. I would like to start working on my tan soon.

Okay, enough report writing procrastinating, 10 down 4 to go-the home stretch.

P.S. I will post soon my adventures in Ise, including a very random St. Patty's day party, but that's for another day (after I finish these reports).

Tuesday, March 06, 2007

How many ways can I procrastinate...

I'm only on here because I have a bunch of reports I am supposed to be writing and I have done everything I can to procrastinate (I am the world champ procrastinator, how I got through college (both times)
-Apartment-spotless
-Shower-done,
-Dinner-ate,
-Email-checked,
-Updated on US news-check,
-Roomie-out of town tonight,
-Blog-haven't done that in a while... so here I am.

Not too much to update on the Japan front. I haven't done anything too exciting in the past two weeks, other then recuperating from all the traveling/skiing both physically and wallet-wise and writing 14-6 page reports by next week.

These next few weeks are going to be a bit crazy. This is how my March looks:
-Write reports (remember those) by next week
-Parent conferences next week
-Preparing for the graduation play-we are doing Chicken Little-yikes
-Science Museum Field Trip with my kids to see the Dinosaur exhibit
-Emirates Airlines is coming to my school and filming my kids playing with a bunch of toys
-oh oh and...my ENTIRE (Mom, Dad, Bro and Sis) family are coming at the end of March to visit for two weeks
Just typing that makes me get dizzy.

A Little Side note on the Weather:
Living in Japan this year has me a bit worried about Global Warming. To say the least it has been a very strange 6 months weather wise (according to the locals). It has been a very warm year in both Fall and Winter-didn't snow once in Nagakute and the plum blossoms bloomed 2 weeks early this year. And now the weather has gone schizo-its beautiful weather one day, rainy the next, freezing and windy the next. One day I'm wearing flip flops and a tshirt, next day I'm in a fleece and tennis shoes. Can't the weather just make up its mind to be Spring all ready. My Spring flip flops and t-shirts are out and ready to be used.

OK-I'm done rambling and procrastinating, back to reports-its midnight and I've got a good 2 hours and another report to be written left in me-all loaded up on diet coke :)

I'll see y'all in April :)