Nonstop.

Today I had five classes, right after one another. It was fun and exhilarating, but holy crap am I tired. One of the teachers said, "It's a rule that JET teachers can't teach more than three classes every day, I think..." and I was like, "PFFFFFF WHATEVER" and he seemed pretty elated about that.

The kids seem endlessly fascinated with the slippers I wear in school. They're like crocheted ballet slippers with rubbered bottoms for safety. They also seem to be warming up to me and talking to me a lot in the halls. I taught two girls how to say "What's up?" and the proper responses. I'm getting "kawaii sensei" from more than crazy Kawaii Girl now, so that's kind of fun. They also seem really amused when I say I like takoyaki.

The last class I had today was the handicapped class. There were only two students in it, but they were adorable and it was fun. There was lots of praise, encouragement, shouting, clapping, and stickers. As it should be.

I had quail eggs in my bento today. Surreal.

And I'll close from an excerpt from the summer English diaries I'm grading...

"It was too cold to swim. So I went to the hoehouse."