Sunday after church, my junior high basketball team played in the town tournament. It was conveniently 5 minutes away from church. So after Easter lunch at church, I went to the tournament. It's sad only having 6 girls to work with, but they tried. They were so beat the second game. I felt bad for them. But they put up a good fight.
Monday was long, and I'm not sure why. Ah, I woke up really early so I could Skype into Easter lunch back home. I got to see all my relatives celebrating Easter before I went to work. What a blessing technology is! I ended up working 11 hours on Monday. But coming home and turning off all my electronics and sitting in silence was nice. I needed to sit before God. Sunday was so hectic with church and the tournament that I didn't even take the time to celebrate the glory of the Risen King.
Tuesday, I taught at my far away school and then at 2:30 my boss and I drove to town. I had to go to driving school because Wednesday was my driving test. My poor boss was passed out in the backseat of the driving instructor's car. But at least he got a chance to rest. We got back to the office after 6 and stayed to finish up work.
Wednesday, I taught at my far away school...again. But I left after 2nd period and my boss and I drove to town again. We stopped at McDonald's before heading to the DMV. The DMV is slow in every country. My boss left a post-it note on my desk Tuesday night. Full car check. Lock door. Greeting. Adjust seat. Seat belt. Turn on engine. Start engine. 5-point check. Blinker. GO! So the whole time we were chowing down on fries at McDonald's we were practicing. I wanted to pass more for his sake than my own. If I didn't pass, he would have to take time to bring me down to town again. The written test was easy peasy. And in English. Then came the driving test. I was nervous on Tuesday and blanked on "Right/Left." I'm pretty sure the driving test instructor gave me pity points. But I am now the proud owner of a Japanese manual driver's license! Woot! We came back to the office at 5 and then had a dinner at 6. I was pooped.
Thursday, I taught at my far away school...again. The Board of Education observed my class...except my students didn't know. They looked like deer in headlights. *Smack forehead* Totally froze up. But I got back to the office and they said I did really well. I went from far away north school to far away west school. It took about an hour to drive for a 20 minute meeting. I got back to the office around 5:30 and then tried to prep for my Thursday night class. After getting home at 6, I decided to cancel class because I just couldn't hack it. So I rested. And it was good.
Today is Friday...and I'm blogging instead of being at work. Well, today is a holiday and kicks off Golden Week. I'll be traveling around Japan until May 8th. It'll be nice to use the trains and subways instead of driving everywhere. I'm looking forward to being in civilization and warmer weather (we're still in single-digits Celcius). And I'll get to see many familiar faces during my travels.
Until I'm back home in my village...
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