Today I had elementary school. I was at one in the morning where I taught 1st, 4th, 5th, and 6th grade. This morning, the classes all went pretty well. However, time just seemed to be standing still while I was teaching! For some reason, each class period took forever and I felt like the time was ticking by at an exorbitantly slow pace! After 2nd period was finished, I felt like I was still running at the beginning of a marathon, just dreading the rest of the race! I mean, teaching and stuff is fun, but I think that today I was pretty tired.
I could definitely tell that I was tired when I kept hearing my alarm going off and I kept hitting snooze. I didn't wake up until literally 14 minutes before I was supposed to be out the door to get to work. SO I guess I kind of started the day off on an off note, and that probably bled into the rest of the morning! It was also odd this morning...I was sleeping and I have this really thick, warm and insulating comforter. At night here, it gets pretty chilly in the rooms because there is no central heating and essentially no good insulation in homes in Japan. So in the rooms, it's pretty chilly...I guess around 50 or 55 F when I wake up. At night, it's probably closer to 60-65 but gets cooler as the night progresses.
So when I go to sleep, it's pretty cool and I get cuddled under the blankets. But this morning at around 4am, I woke up and was under the covers. I felt warm so I took the covers off to cool off and then got this cooooooool chill all over my body! It was because my body was completely covered in sweat! I mean, I was just drenched with it on my arms, chest, back, body, and really uncomfortable! I don't know why I was sweating so much...it's not like I had a bad dream or anything! So that was really weird, and I just didn't get as good of sleep after that...so that's why I think I was pretty tired.
Well, as the afternoon came around and I was teaching my last 2 classes of the day, my mind was getting pretty exhausted! We played some BINGO and had other activities in the classes, but I was pretty tired mentally while running everything. Well, the last 2 classes of the day ended and I was finally able to go home! I got back and rested for a little bit. But I was just absolutely exhausted from the day! I guess the elementary school days just wear you down sometimes! Haha.
And tonight, the local dentist had me over at her house for dinner! She made delicious katsu and ebi fry. Also complimented with a salad, pumpkin, and miso soup. For dessert, she had kaki (persimmon) which is grown in her own backyard. It was all very filling and delicious. I'm extremely full as I type! This is probably the 5th time or so that she's had me at her house for dinner. The dentist here has always served as the local "mom" for the ALT in this town since there was an ALT for my area. She's very kind and always makes sure that I'm alright.
Well, today was a long and tiring day and I'm ready to go off and get some rest. So more to come tomorrow! Hopefully I'll get some better sleep tonight and won't wake up in a random cold sweat again! That was NOTTT comfortable!
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