Thursday, November 17, 2005

Easy Peasy Japanesey!

So, today I was informed last-minute that for the next six work days, there will be parent-teacher conferences in the afternoons. This does explain why my kids have been eerily good lately. I thought they were just choosing to be nice! Sad. Suck-ups! Anyway, because of the conferences, two classes are cut each day, and the schedule is all crazy. This means I only have two classes today and two tomorrow, instead of four each day! And next week I have three (instead of four) each day, PLUS Wednesday is off for Thanksgiving! Good stuff! It’s like I’m a normal ALT now or something! Hell yeah! However, I really have no idea what to do with myself during this new free time. I already completed my CLAIR Japanese test, then got my vice principal’s permission to go home for a “forgotten item” (i.e. a book to read so that I don’t kill myself). I “faffed” around on the way there and back, stopped at the ATM, etc., and when I came back he was surprised at how “fast” I was! Hello, I could have stretched it out! Damn. Next time!

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

2 questions:
"faffed"?

THANKSGIVING?? did the pilgrims do a world tour or what? next thing you know, you'll be celebrating July 4th!

Jeff Santilli said...

To faff around is to do nothing/waste time, sorta. You need to catch up on your strange British phrases ;)

Thanksgiving here is more like Labor Day, it's like, "Thanks for working your asses off 14 hours a day, seven days a week!," not "Let's have turkey and want to die from being so full." I think our version is better!

GrantPGranthm said...

..and that's exactly how we will be celebrating Thanksgiving next Tuesday night. Yuh huh.