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I spent so much time dreading this Sunday through the week.
Weeks ago, my boss kind of voluntold/sprung a trap to get me to volunteer at the local "World Festival," two weeks after the "Autumn Festival." Basically, it was a more westernized version of a fall festival with Halloween decorations and invitations for foods that were more global in nature. There were still some Japanese foods, but there was an Afghani food and some Latino food. Most of the morning and early afternoon, I was helping kids help themselves to cotton candy from a cotton candy maker machine. I was also taking orders from people in English, sometimes, since it was basically a joint effort between boss's friend who runs a restaurant and our English school to self-promote.
It was enjoyable honestly, but I'm also gonna try to make up excuses forever if she ever asks me if I'm doing anything on X day again. I hate that method of asking someone to do something! But I have gotten to spend some time around a woman who's also in her 30s and it's been really nice. She's the daughter of my boss's friend who quit taking lessons with me because I talked too much lol. (Casually and nonmaliciously xenophobic old lady with too much to do.)
Anyway, last time I posted, I had just finished with the Autumn festival social obligation, and I was getting ready to get up early to go to Tokyo either way. I had to attend Oxford University Press curriculum training. That morning, I was supposed to try and go to the international school with which I advanced in the interview process, but I was so drained and a little headachey/migraine-y, so I sent an email begging off the obligation. So, I was able to hoof it to the train and get to Tokyo a BIT later and go to the thing.
Again, there are parts of this stuff I enjoy, but I hate the voluntoldness of it.
I'm trying to just roll with things, but I have decision paralysis really badly if I have an unexpected, specifically timed appointment ever.
I decided earlier in the week to reach back out to the school and send them the video taped sample lesson they asked for. I had almost decided to email them and profusely thank them but say no thank you. I'd been looking at this school for a couple of years off and on, but I think I want to go back to North America and work on trying to go be roommates with my best friend in the next few years.
However, she pointed out that I ought to think about keeping the Japan option open in the between-time, especially if the US election goes to Trump. I pray through agony that he'll lose and lose solidly, but I am terrified of him winning. My decision to come here, in thinking back, was in assuming Trump would win against Biden this time. Kamala has managed to assuage those fears somewhat, but the battleground states are so close and bad...
So, I decided to do the sample lesson, and so I had to rush home this afternoon and do a group interview. Honestly, again, all of this was fun and nice. But I just hate routine interruption. Undiagnosed neurodivergent something or other doesn't want to be asked to mask for any more time than is absolutely necessary!!!
But now I'm free, and I'm either going to schedule an IELTS test and dinner date with myself this coming weekend or do nothing at all.
Weeks ago, my boss kind of voluntold/sprung a trap to get me to volunteer at the local "World Festival," two weeks after the "Autumn Festival." Basically, it was a more westernized version of a fall festival with Halloween decorations and invitations for foods that were more global in nature. There were still some Japanese foods, but there was an Afghani food and some Latino food. Most of the morning and early afternoon, I was helping kids help themselves to cotton candy from a cotton candy maker machine. I was also taking orders from people in English, sometimes, since it was basically a joint effort between boss's friend who runs a restaurant and our English school to self-promote.
It was enjoyable honestly, but I'm also gonna try to make up excuses forever if she ever asks me if I'm doing anything on X day again. I hate that method of asking someone to do something! But I have gotten to spend some time around a woman who's also in her 30s and it's been really nice. She's the daughter of my boss's friend who quit taking lessons with me because I talked too much lol. (Casually and nonmaliciously xenophobic old lady with too much to do.)
Anyway, last time I posted, I had just finished with the Autumn festival social obligation, and I was getting ready to get up early to go to Tokyo either way. I had to attend Oxford University Press curriculum training. That morning, I was supposed to try and go to the international school with which I advanced in the interview process, but I was so drained and a little headachey/migraine-y, so I sent an email begging off the obligation. So, I was able to hoof it to the train and get to Tokyo a BIT later and go to the thing.
Again, there are parts of this stuff I enjoy, but I hate the voluntoldness of it.
I'm trying to just roll with things, but I have decision paralysis really badly if I have an unexpected, specifically timed appointment ever.
I decided earlier in the week to reach back out to the school and send them the video taped sample lesson they asked for. I had almost decided to email them and profusely thank them but say no thank you. I'd been looking at this school for a couple of years off and on, but I think I want to go back to North America and work on trying to go be roommates with my best friend in the next few years.
However, she pointed out that I ought to think about keeping the Japan option open in the between-time, especially if the US election goes to Trump. I pray through agony that he'll lose and lose solidly, but I am terrified of him winning. My decision to come here, in thinking back, was in assuming Trump would win against Biden this time. Kamala has managed to assuage those fears somewhat, but the battleground states are so close and bad...
So, I decided to do the sample lesson, and so I had to rush home this afternoon and do a group interview. Honestly, again, all of this was fun and nice. But I just hate routine interruption. Undiagnosed neurodivergent something or other doesn't want to be asked to mask for any more time than is absolutely necessary!!!
But now I'm free, and I'm either going to schedule an IELTS test and dinner date with myself this coming weekend or do nothing at all.
