yup i'm a slacker its true.. i think ive started to think of life in Japan as normal and thus day to day life so theres not as much exciting to post up here.

but lets see... recently i went with a group of friends to kyoto, and we had geisha makeovers!! this was so cool.. to start with you get to pick out a kimono, and from there you get the make up done, and then you get dressed in all the 1300 layers involved in the kimono, and then you get a wig.. and really you look like a geisha.. its so cool. you get professional photos taken plus all that you want taken with your own camera. you can even walk around outside and show off your fabulous look.. (the tourists love it)

anyway it was quite the experience.. i can't wait for my professional photos to show up. If you want to see the crap load of pics i took with my own camera make sure to check out my flickr site (the link to it is on this page)


whats next.. well i did just buy my plane ticket home for this summer.. i'm so excited that i will get to visit with everyone and see people.. and eat food from home. I'll be state side from July 26th until august 16th.. i've plans to hit, boston, chicago, maine, and possibly NYC so hope fully i will see people on one of my stops.

other than that not much new.. i've started to look at vacations for christmas.. i really want to go somewhere fantastic.. Fiji anyone http://www.tuitai.com/Fiji_Vacation.cfm this looks so cool!! i would do it in a second!
(in fact i just might do it)

any way hope everyone is doing great and that spring is starting.

love ya miss ya!!

me

bleh

Well I knew mom would have to leave and that I would have to head back to work, but I didn't particularly want either one to happen.
mom and I had sooo much fun, we walked until our feet felt like falling off, we ate some really interesting foods, and I found a food even mom won't try. And we saw some awesome sights. Mom took way more photos than I so hopefully she will post them on her flickr soon, I will get mine up sometime this week when i figure out stuff at work.
Mums home safe and sound, a long flight; but she was lucky to make it out of Chicago with the weather so its good.

now I'm feeling blah.. it doesn't help to come back to school and have all these beginning of the new school year changes. I hate change. Anyway in Japan you are hired to teach by the board of ed. which oversees all the high schools in the prefecture. So they can reassign your school, so in April the teachers find out that they are changing schools and have basically one day to move. So I came back from vacation to find many teachers gone! one of my english teachers, my vice principal, and principal (among others) this means new teachers.. which is actually fine.
What I have a problem with it that all the teachers at the school switch levels, so if previously you taught 3rd years (seniors) you now could teach first or second years. So I have a whole new set of teachers to get used to, and they changed who my supervisor is. I really don't like that a) because I don't like change, b) cause it happens without anyone actually telling me that it is c) it took me this long to get used to the supervisor i did have and d) i don't like the person who is my supervisor.. grumble grumble grumble..
also I am so not looking forward to the classes I have to teach, or mainly the teachers i have to teach with..

blech,.. maybe once the school year starts it will be fine, but I really have the feeling that this is going to be a long year.

Anyway off to look at the new text books, which i can only hope are better than the old ones.

miss everyone! I'll post photos soon

Me