Day 22

Nope, all of the pasta did nothing.  I guess it all sat in my stomach like a rock, so prevented me from getting up until 8:10, when I saw that people had commented on my photos like mad.  I had to read all of the comments before I did anything, which set me back a bit, but not too much that I didn't get a shower and the chance to make a good lunch, and get to class on time.

Today was the final day of Minna no Nihongo I, and some of the lessons just felt... odd.  Much more abstract thinking was involved than before, and to the point that we couldn't even do it (it was at the end of the 5th class period, when all of our brains are nearing sleep mode).  We surprisingly managed to get through it, though, and received strong comments from our new sensei, Tsunoda, who has just about too much energy for me.  I even was getting a bit annoyed, because she seemed to be making just constant "noise" at some point, but it ended up serving a purpose of some sort, and she made all of us laugh.  Good move by her.

So, what happens during the afternoon?  That's right, the same thing I've been doing for the past few days, trying to get all of my photos online.  By some work of grace, I managed to get them all up, however after about five tries.  All captioned; I even went back and added captions to an album I had forgotten about, something to do with Pep Band.  Oh yeah, I did some shopping at Daiso, because the spaghetti sauce from yesterday ate through the protective coating on my pan, and it started rusting.

Dinner again consisted of large amounts of pasta.  Maybe if I just keep putting that into my body, it will get some sort of hint and wake up at a reasonable time.  That's why the alarm is set for 8:00, because only then will I feel absolutely compelled to get up and shower/not lay back down.  Though, pasta was not the only thing, as I had some more beef, which was, as always, tasty tasty tasty.  The night concluded with making three pots of pasta for a class party tomorrow, because one of our fellow students is graduating from the program.  We're all sad to see her go, but it's somewhat confusing that she'd leave at the middle of a module.  It makes sense, as there are some 7 week courses, but she's going to miss the beginning of the new textbook.

For the third time, no pictures because I just haven't taken any.  I'll probably be going to Jusco tomorrow to walk around and take those pictures Lauren wanted, so you'll be getting a lot of Sanrio and it's most famous feline mascot.  Thank you for your time, and I will update again when something interesting happens.  Ciao.