October 21, 2008 - Tuesday

Sunny and warm.

Today was a good day. I got up at a reasonable time today and felt quite good. Lately, when I get up I just feel drained and really tired, but today, I was fine. It must have been that extra hour of sleep I had! I watched the news which was on for a change. Hurray.

I had a pretty quiet daytime. I didn't do much, except I watched Grinch with Jim Carrey. I don't really like Jim Carrey that much, but he wasn't the problem with the movie. It was not likable. I remember the original animated one with the voice of Boris Karloff. It was fun. It was only 30 minutes long. I didn't actually see it until I had graduated from university, but it was so very much better than this. The only good point of the movie was hearing Barenaked Ladies in the background.

I had lunch and then headed off to my school. I had a good trip there and everything went well today at the school. My first class was fine. My second class rocked! Almost literally. When I came back from Canada, the hotel had given me an English newspaper. It had an article in it for English learners about Finnish Heavy Metal bands. One of my students, the one who came today, is a huge fan of Finnish Heavy Metal. So much so, that in addition to learning English she's also studying Finnish in her spare time! We discussed the article, she learned a few new (English) words as well, and enjoyed herself.

After class, I turned my cell phone on and got a message from Fumihiko saying that he was in Yamagata City. Yikes. I did my paperwork up, cleaned up and then set off home. I stopped at a convenience store because I didn't know how long he'd be and I was a tad hungry.

I'd been home for about 20 minutes when Fumihiko called to check on my whereabouts. When he came home and changed, we went out to Gusto for a cheap and cheerful dinner. Rather than having a set dish, I had a salad and 2 appetizers. It was just what I wanted.

We came home via the same "conbini" to pay the telephone bill, then relaxed in front of our computers. Fumihiko went off to bed a little bit ago, and I should get going soon too.

Wonder what tomorrow will bring? Bring it on!

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