Sigh

Blogging has been very inconvenient these days. I think of things to write about, but when I finally get to internet at work, I just really don`t feel like writing a blog.

It`ll be better when internet is in my apartment.

MUCH better.

So teaching started this week. So far so good. I like actually DOING something for my job and, given that it IS a job, it`s rather fun.

Some classes contain students who don`t seem to want to do anything but stare blankly at me, while most of them have really fun students who interact (although sometimes a tad much.) I don`t have to pay for lunches because I get them for free from the school. Pretty awesome, right?

Not that I am short on money these days at all.

Believe me, my mind is boggled trying to wrap my brain around what I can afford.I`m not saying I`m rich or anything, but it certainly feels like it having a nice phone and a good car and calculating and recalculating over and over to find that- yes, I -can- afford this.

My job is ridiculously great.

I have been driving to all of my schools so far, which makes me worry about gas costs, but I couldn`t possibly be driving as much as I did in the California, so it can`t be that bad.

Still, though, I definitely plan to try to get myself to be able to ride a bicycle again. Somehow I just don`t trust my ability to balance. I`m sure I have one because I`m 5`6 and I wear size 6 1/2 shoes and I haven`t randomly toppled over yet (...for that reason, anyway.)

Today (tomorrow for you folks back home) is my brother`s birthday, so I made my first international call with my cell phone and got a group of Japanese middle school students to sing happy birthday to his answering machine with me. It was great fun.

Today is also Danny`s birthday, but international calls are expensive. So... if you read this Danny- nothing (too) personal!

Although he probably won`t read this anyway.

I guess I`ll call this a blog. :D