Schedule and Toilet

I realize you've all been at the edge of your seat waiting to hear how my first week of work went. It was good. I can do this job. There is an insane amount of free time that I'm going to have to figure out what to do with. I have some ideas. Internet school, really learn Japanese, workout, make crafts, slowly lose my mind. I'll probably do a combination of all of them. Today, I'd like to tell you my schedule and show you a video of my toilet. It's cooler than it sounds.

Also, because I'm having trouble wrapping my head around money here and how expensive it is compared to everywhere else in Asia that I've been to, I want to share this. A taxi starts at about $3 in Korea, $1.20 in China, and $7.50 in Japan. That's not the same thing!

Monday:

• 11:00-12:15 > 2 83 year old ladies who have been coming to this school every Monday at this time for 26 years.
• 3:45-4:30 > 3 3 year olds
• 4:30-5:30 > 2 12 year olds
• 7:30-8:45 > siblings, 8 and 13

Tuesday:

• 2:15-3:00 > 5 4 year olds
• 3:00-3:50 > 5 5 year olds
• 3:50-4:50 > 5 6 year olds
• 4:50-5:50 > 5 7 year olds
• 5:50-6:50 > 5 8 year olds
• 7:30-8:30 > 2 13 year olds
• 8:30-9:30 > 1 14 year old

Wednesday:

•  12:15-12:45 > 4 5 year olds
• 12:50-1:20 > 4 3 year olds
• 1:25-1:55 > 4 4year olds
• 2:00-2:30 > 6 4 year olds
• 2:30-3:05 > 8 4 year olds
• 3:45-4:45  > 3 8 year olds
• 4:45-5:45 > 3 12 year olds

Thursday:

• 10:30-11:30 > my 45 year old co-worker/secretary/I don't really know how this school works
• 2:15-3:00 > 2 4 year olds
• 3:00-3:45 > a 3 year old and a 6 year old...cousins that grandma only wants to do one trip
• 4:30-5:30 > 4 7 year olds

Friday:

• 10:00-1:00 > 35 5 year olds. (only twice a month) singing and dancing (yay?!)
• 3:45-4:45 > 2 8 year olds
• 4:45-5:45 > 4 7 year olds
• 7:00-8:00 > 4 11 year olds

See? It's a weird schedule. The other part that's weird/hard is that sometimes its here, some days I have to ride the train, and some days I have to ride the bike. Some days I have to do all three. I'm A.) going to get lost and B.) forget where the hell I am supposed to be. But the teaching is what I can do well I think. It's all ESL and there are text books and the kids seem well behavedish. If I can make friends and figure out my life schedule, it'll be a great year.

Let's see...yes, I have a cell phone. No, you can't text me. It's the opposite of a smart phone and I can't read Japanese enough to really use it. I'm a 40 minute train ride from Tokyo in Saitama/Omiya. I plan on going to Tokyo this weekend and taking the Dinos out. That'll probably help me make friends.

I love you all and you're welcome to come visit me.

P.S. I just discovered that I was using lotion instead of body wash all week. Greaaaattttt.