Another day of class down, how many more to go?

I definitely think that the jetlag has passed. I almost killed someone with my chopsticks when my alarm went off this morning. A little slower getting started today, but that 5 min difference meant that the train from Shimotakaido to Shinjuku was slightly less crowded. Slightly. I didn't get stepped on today. Getting used to it?

I think it must have been the beautiful weather we had today, because all I wanted to do today was NOT be in class. I almost left after third period but then told myself I couldn't skip a class during my first week- what kind of pattern would that set? So instead I went to the station and bought a snickers bar- the chocolate was exactly what I needed.

Although I now consider myself an expert on how to get TO school, apparently I haven't mastered how to get back. We left later than usual today b/c we had to go pay our rent, but we went to the same platform where what we thought was the same train was sitting. Turns out that the rapid train decided it wasn't going to go to our station today. So it passed it. Three of us were almost asleep so we noticed just as we blew threw it. Sad face? So, quick fix we thought, just get off at the next station and take the opposite train.

Well, the opposite train was actually going in the direction opposite to what we wanted. So then we were two stops away from ours and had to wait for the local train going the right way to get up. Of course, local trains only come through every 6-9 minutes, so it was rather frustrating.

But get back home we did, and I am extremely happy to report that I don't have to go to class tomorrow until 1pm as C class has the morning off. I am planning to go to Harajuku during that time as Stacey and Eric tell me it is very easy to navigate. This makes me happy inside! Hopefully I wont' get too wild with the credit cards, but from Eric's pics of the place this may be rather difficult.

Our last period day was another open conversation class where native Japanese come in and we just sit around and chat. Good thing, I think, but I am constantly speaking in Japanese and am forgetting other languages. i tried to have an internal conversation in french and then spanish but kept switching back to japanese. Though this may signify (i just thought jouzu ni naru, but WTF is that in english!?) improvement, it is also frustrating.

And May is almost over? WTF?

Things from home I miss
-new trashy romance novels for entertainment
-my dog
-hanging out, drinking with the chums
-making $$, as opposed to spending it
- other pairs of shoes
- different chocolate bars besides snickers and kit kat, which are the only ones they seem to sell here
- sprite. you have to search long and hard for sprite, as opposed to coke, which is everywhere
-being able to sit on the subway

bath and then homework. fun?