Busy Busy

In case you were wondering, my life is no longer the relaxing thing it used to be. I'm not complaining, but just don't want you to think I'm lounging around reading and thinking, and napping anymore. So what happened?

Well, I started teaching 2 english classes, and I'm tutoring two children, one teacher, and one friend privately, I have my day time chat club and a night chat club every other week. I play a crazy-fun game called kinball almost every Friday for a few hours, as well as volleyball. I meet once a week with a woman for help with Japanese. I also occasionally meet with a friend for crafting stuff, or with people from the chat club for traditional Japanese experiences. Thrown into this mix is taping our radio show and taking adventures around Hokkaido. AND, although Don is making a lot of efforts to help out more now, I'm still playing housewife.

Not all of these things are new, but they've slowly been adding up, and I'm really starting to feel it now. Really it's teaching the little kiddies that is the most time-consuming. For them, I have to do a lot more research and make a lot more materials, and it takes a LOT of energy to entertain them. I totally have a new respect for elementary school teachers and anyone that is trying to teach a child to read.

To wrap up this rant, I don't have as much time to myself anymore, but that's probably good. I just have to remember to have fun and enjoy all of the experiences!