Missed a day again

Oh well.

Yesterday.... Did anything interesting happen? Well, let's see... Nothing special that I can remember. Pretty typical stuff. Up and to school, of course. Math, Japanese, etc. in the morning.... Then they practiced the graduation stuff.... AGAIN! This time I sat off to the side and worked on my Japanese.... Out of the way, and doing something productive.... It worked well, I think. Then it was lunch time, and then our free time.... I got out Set, which was in my backpack, and started playing... Fun stuff. I explained it to Kawana-sensei and she found a couple sets too. :) Then it was cleaning time.... I helped sweep the entrance hall. Then we went outside and played kick ball, and a little dodge ball. Kick ball is something I haven't played in YEARS.. I'm as bad as ever, probably worse. But it was fun.
After that, I came home. Got on the computer, talked to Kento and my dad.... Ryusuke ordered pizza, so we got to eat pizza again... :) This time I ate a whole seafood pizza on my own...... I probably shouldn't have, but I did, and loved every bite! :) After that I got online again, took a bath, went to bed... All that normal stuff.

Oh, here's something I don't think I've mentioned yet.... Tomoko and the kids (that is, Nanako and Yuutaro) went to Guam this weekend. They just got back tonight. So anyway, they were gone, so most of the time it was just Grandma, Ryusuke, and me (Tatsuya was around too, but usually he was at work). It was very quiet most of the time... Which was kind of nice, but I'm glad to have them back now. :)

Anyway, today.... Up and to school, of course. Well, I guess maybe not of course, because it's Tuesday, isn't it? I didn't go to KIES though, because they were just talking about earthquakes, and that didn't matter much to me. So I was up and off to school.
Our school day started out interesting... All the desks were pushed to the back of the room, and we went and sat down on the floor in front.... For story time! Someone came and read a couple books to us.... It was fun.... Made me think of my mom, doing her youth librarian stuff.
After that we set up the desks right again, and wrote.... The other kids wrote to their parents, and I wrote to the class.... Tomorrow is my last day, so I'm giving a little goodbye speech thing. I wrote it in English, then my teacher translated (and I wrote the translation in hiragana and a little kanji).
After that, big surprise (sarcasm here)... Time to go to the gym to practice! I sat to the side again and practiced kanji.... I think I have about 75 now, but I'll quiz myself after I post this to know for sure.
Then it was lunch time.... And the root of a long misunderstanding on my part. I was told of a "Baikingu kyushoku" which I basically heard as "biking lunch". I found out today, much to my relief, that no bikes are involved.... And I must have sounded like an idiot talking about bikes before. :p But oh well. Life goes on, and I think that was a legitimate misunderstanding.... :p
So it turns out that this "biking lunch" was actually a buffet lunch! Which was a very happy thing.... Because I'm not a good biker, and I love buffets. We had omusubi, inari, takoyaki, tamago, yakisoba, gyoza, meatballs, chicken, french fries, soup..... It was great!!!!!! And I can't forget the fruit cocktail stuff, the chocolate cake, and the orange juice..... Oh, it was so good!!!!!
After that huge lunch where I probably ate too much, I went back to the classroom and played Set again. I haven't played in a long time, but now I'm re-addicted.
Then I helped clean... Sweep the front area again. After that we went and played with 1st graders. Yes, you read right. We played with 1st graders. I basically have very little understanding of what we did, but that's OK.... I didn't have a 1st grader to partner up with, so I didn't do a whole lot... I tried, but I was confused a lot. The 1st graders then gave us things.... A card thing and an origami thing. I got a crane. It's not a masterpiece, but it's very cute.... The attempt is very cute. The card is funny, because it says (translated) "Good luck in Jr. High!". There was really no reason for them to think otherwise, so that's what was written... And that's fine. It really doesn't matter much. :p
After that we went back to the classroom.... For a 6th period. A long day. The last class was calligraphy.... I was loaned the stuff I needed, and gave it a shot.... Four shots, actually.. For a first time, I don't think it was bad. People were saying I was doing good, but I don't know how true that is. I took a picture (to send to Kento), so I'll put it in here sometime....
After that I came home, got online, ate dinner, took a bath, all that good stuff. The kids and Tomoko got back from Guam and gave me some stuff.... I learned that Guam is a territory of the US.... Which I had no clue about before.

That's about it here.... I may get some pictures up later. I hope I do, but it depends on when I fall asleep and what happens.
Tomorrow is my last day of school here. My dad is also coming back tomorrow night. Should be a good day. We'll see.