Kotatsu Bed

I must get out of the habit of falling asleep at my kotatsu and not waking up until the next morning...realizing that I've slept under the table the whole night and then just end up staying there all night long. I haven't' slept in my own futon or bed for nearly 2 weeks! Haha....I know...it's bad. But it's so comfortable! I mean, who wouldn't want to fall asleep at their computer, under a nice, warm table that's heated. And it's covered with a fuzzy blanket! You can't beat that!

Well, I guess I'll try to break the cycle starting tonight! But it's more difficult in the winter. I have the room heated where I am at my computer and do things online. Then my bedroom is completely separated on the other side of the house. This is a problem because the room where my computer is located is already heated up from me being in there and having the heater on. Now, I could just turn on the heater in the bedroom for a little bit and have that heat up. The only problem...my bed is still cold and it's so hard to make it over there when I'm already in a warm and comfortable place! Winter brings out the lazy in us, I guess!

Anyway, today was another day at the middle school. Today, I had 5 classes. In the morning, I had 3 classes in a row so it's good to have those over with right away. Then I finished off the afternoon with 2 classes. It can get to be a long and tiring day, especially since I'm usually the one speaking or talking since I have the native tongue of an English speaker. But overall, I guess it's not too bad. As long as you have fun with it and interact with the students, it makes the time go by more quickly. The 3rd grade classes aren't doing too much...except continuing to prepare for their high school entrance exams. So we've been mainly doing worksheets and preparation materials with them before they take their exams sometime in February.

And in the afternoon, I had the 2nd grade classes. They're preparing for a presentation that they will have in English this coming Friday. They will do a mini speech on their New Year's Resolutions for 2011 and it's all written in English. Granted, none of their speeches will last over 1 minute...but they are all nervous. They get nervous because in Japan, public speaking is nerveracking enough, let alone in a foreign language in front of their classmates. But I think it's good for them to present in front of others and get used to speaking. They will have to in order to get better at English or at presenting in general. However, I won't be at the middle school on Friday because that's one of the days that I have elementary school...bummer! I wanted to watch them give their presentations, especially since I'd been helping them prepare their speeches and helping them out with their pronunciation and such. I guess I'll just have to watch the videos after they're done!

Tonight, I have my English Eikaiwa class as well. The group is really fun and good at English, so it's not too bad! I have Aesop's Fables ready for them to read and to learn about. I haven't read those since elementary school. I don't know too much about Aesop but I think it's good to expose those in my class to those as well since I think it's fairly popular/famous around the globe. Anyway, more postings to come!