Last Christmas...I gave you my heart...."Do you have the time?"

So I have been playing that song in my head over and over again..."Last Christmas, I gave you my heart but the very next day, you gave it away....this year....."

Haha...the teachers at my middle school have been playing this song in the classroom and when you hear it for 5 class periods in one day, it's definitely going to get stuck in your head! Today, I had 5 classes and it seems busy, but it wasn't too bad. The morning went by pretty quickly and then I only had the afternoon left! It was sunny today as well so that was refreshing! The past couple days there were clouds and some rain.

Although it was sunny, the air was kind of chilly. But not too bad of a day! It's just frustrating when it's rainy (which it has been for most of the fall and a lot of the winter) because then I cannot hang my laundry out to dry. I don't have a dryer like most people in Japan, so I have no choice but to hang my laundry. It's not too bad, but it's hard to do laundry when I can't leave it out to dry. I don't have a porch or roof over the area where I hang my laundry, so if it does start to rain, I have to rush home in order to get my clothes inside.

Although I have set up a place inside to hang my laundry, it just does not dry as well. It stays wet for a few days and takes forever! I think it's because the air doesn't circulate as well while I'm not home and I do not want to leave windows open at my house in case it starts to rain or for obvious security reasons.

But anyway, I still have the song stuck in my head and I'm sure I will for days to come...at least until Christmas is over!

Tonight, we also had a Christmas party with my Eikaiwa class. It consisted of a dinner with all the members and they brought in delicious dishes for all to eat. It was very nice! The food was great and there was a large variety. I ate until I was very full, and then some more!

But the most surprising and great part was the people. They are all really sooo nice and generous. I was NOT expecting a gift at all and I received one. It was a really nice one actually! They got me a watch! (Hence the title...) Haha. But it's of the SEIKO brand, which is a very well known and good brand in Japan! And so jokingly I had them ask me "Do you have the time?" and I would flip out my wrist and prominently display my new watch and say, "Why yes I do!" haha....oh the humor.

But seriously they're great people. And we also played lots of different games to stay entertained. All in all, it was a fun evening with good times and good gifts. We had a secret santa exchange party as well where each member bought someone else a gift. We picked names out of a hat a few weeks ago and that was who we would purchase a gift for. I received a shirt from the store called "Right On" which is a nice clothing store. I like their clothes so that was a nice gift as well!