One Month in Japan

I can hardly believe it myself, but it just struck me about ten seconds ago that I left for Japan almost exactly a month ago. Not quite, but almost. Can it really be a month since I got on that airplane? So much has happened- good and bad- and I have so many feelings. On the one hand, there are parts about living here that are much easier than I expected. It's really not that hard to keep my apartment clean, commute to school by bike, or even teach (sometimes). The hard part is having to make all new friends. I hope that the people I am getting to know now and will continue to get to know over the next year will be friends I can treasure for the rest of my life. I'm here in Japan, after all, to live my dream and create great memories. :) I have had a lot of fun so far and am already making wonderful memories. I know there will be many, many more in the days, weeks, and months to come.

Okay, enough of the sentimental stuff. :P Today was my first BUSY day, like truly busy, and even then I only had two classes (technically three but the first one I just introduced myself and then left, so I was only in the class for 10 minutes). It was kind of nice to be busy because it made me feel like I was actually doing my job. :) I see two classes in particular a lot and they are starting to get pretty familiar with me. It is really fun to see students outside of class and have them recognize me. Sometimes I even see kids on my way home from work in my neighborhood. ^_^

I don't take many pictures during the week, probably because I'm tired when I get home from work, but today I did get a picture of the sunset. It was the best one I've seen since living here. The sunrises are probably a lot more spectacular, but the sun rises very, very early here, so I haven't gotten to see one of those yet.