We’ve been madly packing & repacking & cleaning & doing more cleaning. I’m starting to feel a bit like Vasalisa with her impossible tasks. Perhaps Baba Yaga has given me a choice:
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Health, Physicality, and Mind Space – not necessarily in that order
Well, I haven’t blogged for awhile. If you’ve been reading Ed’s blog you know we’ve been insanely packing and dealing with all the paperwork that comes with leaving Japan. I’ve been going to work for half days and whipping through what I think may be the last of the paperwork. Now – cleaning, packing, cleaning, and more cleaning. I hope that everything we have left fits into our suitcases!
Ed and I are having very different experiences regarding leaving our jobs here. I can’t wait to leave – it’s definitely time for me to get back to my creative work and to having a brain. There are too many things in a Japanese office that go counter to my ideals for me to stay another year. Ed has said he’d be happy to stay another year, but not with me being so miserable.
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I was evil today :>
We’ve been busy packing & preparing to leave (14 more days!!!), so I’ve been even worse at posting than I was to begin with! I am very ready to be done with this job, and it is showing in strange little ways.
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I’ve been readin’ up a storm
Well, that last rant seemed to quiet down the comments a little on my blog. Ah well, I needed to get it out of my system :). You’ll all be happy to know that they turned the air conditioners on on Thursday morning after our vice principal spent an hour in the downstairs office. Continue reading
Beware of all enterprises that require new clothes – Thoreau
I had warned you all before that one of the reasons I hadn’t started a blog sooner was because I didn’t think you all wanted to hear me ranting. Well, today you get a rant.
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Amaterasu – the webzine
Last year, in a fit of needing to keep myself sane at work, I volunteered to be editor of the JET Women’s SIG magazine, Amaterasu. Continue reading
Happy Father’s Day!
Happy Father’s Day to my Dad and all the other dad’s out there! As usual, I’m behind in sending out gifts. I usually (but not always) have them purchased by the date in question, but most times don’t send them off until after the date. This father’s day is no exception.
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Virtual Häagen Dazs Japanese Classic Parfait
As promised, another ice cream adventure, The Virtual Häagen Dazs Japanese Classic Parfait! This has become my favourite ice cream here. Pricey, but well worth it, and I know I’m not going to be able to find it in Canada or Britain because it’s just too durn Japanese. Tea and beans in ice cream? O yes!
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Friday in Kokura
I have the promised “Virtual Häagen Dazs Japanese Classic Parfait” post written but need the technical expertise of the household alpha geek to show me how to post photos with it. So today you just get words.
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Ack! I’ve been tagged!
My friend James M (the writer, not to be confused with my friend James W, the artist) has tagged me! I’m it! The promised “Virtual Häagen Dazs Japanese Classic Parfait” will just have to wait.
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