July 17, 2008 - Thursday

Hot, humid and sunny. Showers at night.

Today was a pretty good day. I got up quite early for me and watched English news, the kind from England. Then, after 9 I got to watch news from America, so that was a bonus for me! At 10 there was a documentary about the Alberta Tar Sands, but I'd seen it before so I didn't pay a lot of attention. Obviously, there was NO baseball today. Hurray.

I had a strange day around the house. In the morning some men started chopping down trees and shrubbery (but they weren't the Knights that say "Ni") in front of my apartment. It was noisy and the cut grass smell was coming in the windows so I closed them and turned on the air conditioner. I usually don't run it all day, but they seemed to be working out there most of the day. I did laundry too. I tried to turn off the air conditioner as much as possible, so that I wouldn't run up our bill too much.

I left for work around 5 pm. I stopped at the drug store to pick up my echinacea and some other things, then made it to the school. It was a hot 33 degrees in there. Argh. I just hate it quite honestly.

My classes went quite well today. I think the students enjoyed them. I did. After work, Fumihiko called me at 9:20. It was too early. My last student often stays for a chat so I hadn't had time to do all the things I need to do, plus, I'd prefer to call him when I'm ready. Sometimes I think my dear husband doesn't realize that I can't just teach off the top of my head. The Tape Fairy doesn't come into my classroom and cue all the tapes for me. I wouldn't mind if she did though!

When I did call him, he picked me up and we went to M's Dining. We had Mexican food tonight, or the Japanese version of it. Fumihiko had jambalaya, which is actually not Mexican (thanks dictionary) and I had beef fajitas. They weren't very authentic, but actually tasted very good. I really liked them.

We came home via the grocery store where we bought some stuff for dinner tomorrow night. We're going away this weekend, so I didn't want to go for too many nights without a home cooked meal. I sometimes get tired of restaurant food.

And that was it. When we got home, Fumihiko plunked himself down in front of his computer and watched a boxing match between Mike Tyson and Bob Sapp. I'm not sure why. It was a little annoying.

Anyway, that was my day. Tomorrow I have an earlier day at the school, but hopefully things will go well. Wish me luck, and cooler weather!

Night night.

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