Konichiwa

Yes.. That's Japanese. This year I've taken on a new task, a sort of after work part time thing at our school. Some of the kiddos on the residential side of things, the students who live a the school, are taking Japanese via Distance Ed, meaning, the instructor teaches from a remote location via compressed interactive video equipment. This isn't an online course, it's real time, face to face via camera and TV screen. In this situation an adult is needed in the classroom with the students but it does not require a teacher so I'm what's called a "facilitator". Every Thursday, 7pm-9pm, I get to be in a Japanese class. So...I'm excited.

Otherwise, work is a bear right now and will continue to be so for a few weeks while things settle down and new folks get acclimated. Football has started, Jim is helping coach, and the boys start school Monday, thank goodness!

More to report when there's more to report, au revoir! (I am across the hall from a French teacher)