I just looked at my last post and realized 2 things:
1 – I have not (and may not) uploaded those other days I wrote about
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Totnes – day?????
Well, I’ve done gone and lost track of my days here! I actually have written about my days in Totnes up to day 4, which I will post later, but I thought I’d give you a short update for the moment Continue reading
Totnes – Day 2 – Thursday, September 22, 2005
I had an amazing sleep last night, and either the homeopathic jet lag pills are working or else I’ve mostly adjusted to the time change already! Continue reading
Totnes – Day 1 – Sept 21, 2005
Well, I made it! The plane rides weren’t anywhere near as harrowing as the one from Japan to Vancouver (almost all turbulence) and because I wasn’t travelling with Jarrod, I actually got to read! Continue reading
Canada – month 1
I’ve been back in Canada for a month as of today. A month that has been a total blur. I had lovely plans of 7-day weekends, reading books, watching movies we had missed in Japan, sewing skirts from antique kimono I had brought back, etc. All lovely relaxing things. In reality, I am only on book 4 of the Dune series, have watched a total of 3.5 movies, and haven’t touched the sewing machine, let alone unpacked the antique kimono. Actually, I haven’t even totally finished unpacking my suitcase!
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coming soon….
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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