Chill...

So today was a Friday at the elementary school. I was at the one in Ohara all day today. This is one of the schools that's the furthest from my house. Well, today I woke up at a decent time so I wasn't in a mad rush like I was yesterday! Phew!

Today, they had some musical performance and practice for their school's "marathon" so I had only 2 classes in the morning and 2 in the afternoon. Nice! As opposed to the usual 6 I would have had today! But I found myself completed exhausted by the end of the day, still!

This morning, I did a numbers lesson with the 3rd graders. It was my first time teaching numbers today. I think it went well and it was a lot of fun. Then I had the 2nd and 3rd period to rest and recuperate a little bit. Then it was 4th period with the 5th graders. Some parents came today to watch the music performance as well as watch some classes. So there were some extra members in the audience for my English class today! I hope they learned some new English! Haha!

Then in the afternoon it was my 2 6th grade classes. I got back to the teacher's room at the end of the end and I was just physically and mentally exhausted. I find that I'm that way every Friday...I think it's just because it's the end of the week and so everything builds up and I'm just tired by that time. As well, the kids at the elementary school are very "genki" so it takes a lot more energy to deal with them and to teach those classes. Anyway, I'm glad it's Friday night and that I have the weekend!

This weekend, I have no real plans, so it will be nice and relaxing. Tonight, the English teachers around the Isumi area all got together for some meeting at my middle school. Then afterward, there was a dinner at a restaurant called "Rice Shower" really close to my house. All the English teachers from the different schools were there and 3 other ALTs from the respective middle schools. It was a fun time. There was lots of food and by the end of the night I was absolutely stuffed!!! I mean, really really full!!

I'm typing here and I'm still trying to recover from all the food I ate! They had a salad, a gratin dish, some rare/grilled fish, and mini hamburgers. There was also paella which I haven't had since I was in Spain! So that was a nice change of pace. You don't usually find that kind of food in Japan! And then there was dessert at the end as well. So definitely full!

Afterward, my buddy and I went to a darts/billiards bar nearby and played some games of pool. We played for about an hour and then called it a night. I haven't played pool in awhile so it was definitely rusty pool playing! But by the end we were both getting pretty smooth at the game and the flow and getting better. But we both kept on technically "losing" because we would scratch when going for the 8 ball or even scratching on the break! Haha, I guess we have some practicing to do but it's fun! Well, time to go and relax and enjoy the weekend!