I have my backpack all ready for my Tokyo trip!

I skyped with my family!

Soon I'll be heading out to see this at the 今昔館, and then it's BASARA and friends and wheeeeeeeeeeeeee!

1. Get through work tomorrow (early shift again).
2. Eat turkey for dinner.
3. Sleep?
4. Talk to family Saturday morning.
4.5 Do laundry.
5. Go to history museum with Elle?
6. See 戦国BASARA2 stage play.
7. Food?
8. Get on night bus up to Tokyo.
9. Sleep.
10. Find a Starbucks.
11. Wander around.
12. See Otomo Katsuhiro exhibit.
13. Get on the shinkansen back to Osaka.
14. Sleep.

Today I got Z-kun to fall asleep during nap time, instead of screaming and crying the whole 1.5 hours. To celebrate I went over to Aeon and bought ice cream.

Rereading Akira because of next weekend's plans. I'd forgotten just how much I love the artwork. Well, no. Because that's the whole reason I'm going up to Tokyo next weekend that and the full-size real Kaneda's bike and jacket squee. Just.... damn.

Got through the first book tonight. The rest will be spaced out through the week. And yeah, I'm being bad and reading them online because I'm lazy there's not enough time to get them and read all of it in Japanese.

I can't believe I am doing a day trip to Tokyo next weekend for the sole purpose of seeing an art exhibit.

I mean, I really really do want to see this exhibit, and the timing just doesn't work for me to do it any other way, but still. It's a pretty crazy thing to do.

But yeah, I've reserved my ticket to get into the show (it's not general admission - you're let in at a certain time so hopefully that will make it a more pleasant experience than most exhibits here) and a spot on a night bus to get up there. I'll have to Shinkansen back, but at least it's only one way.

Now I need to figure out what to do with the rest of my day up there. Museum entry isn't until 17:30. Any ideas?

Whyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy did it get so cold?!

Fuck this four seasons shit.

It's a new month at school now that Golden Week is over, which means class numbers have changed slightly. I no longer have any completely full days (19 kids), instead hanging between 16-18 every day. It's amazing how easy it is to deal with 16 toddlers after having 19 at a time.

One boy, Z-kun, has also made the switch from short stay (leaving before naptime) to long stay this week and it's a difficult transition for him.

On Monday we whisked him past the moms hanging out in the hallway picking up their kids and straight into the sleeping room. He didn't start really getting upset until we got him changed and ready to lie down (stripped down to his nappy and undershirt), tidied his clothes, and put him into his futon. He refused to lie down and kept crying for his mom - I told him in English that Mom would come after naptime. I told him in Japanese. One of the other teachers on shift told him.

No good. He kept crying for his mom over and over.

Until he looked down and screamed ズボンないよ~!!!! (I DON'T HAVE ANY PANTS!!!!)

You'd think one of these days I'd stop crying during Neverland, but you'd prolly be wrong.

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Today I am going to see WEAVER and I am wearing my new dinosaur shirt. Because, Okkun.

Yesterday I went to see 竹田城 in inaka Hyogo-ken with Elle, her friends Gussan and Naru, and Gussan's friend.

The trip involved being squished in the back seat of the car between Naru and Elle, walking up a mountain, throwing pine cones over the side once we got up to the top, running around and trying to climb the castle ruins (I got told "no no no!" by Naru for this), turning cartwheels with Elle in the middle of the castle ruins, and taking lots of photos. It was fun!

(T_T)