DVDs, Christmas Wrapping and English Food Cravings

Was given some lesson planning work to do at Tokamachi yesterday; the first in several weeks. Tokuma-sensei and I have arranged some activities for a Christmas themed class so I've been preparing materials for that. The first set of materials is Karuta cards, so I was sat drawing twenty four pictures based on Christmas, which was relaxing. I also had English Club for which I shamelessly used an activity I used for my third year class and one from the SHS ALT meeting. I've been planning a Christmas Party for them so needed to save time somehow.

After school I ran around trying to find boxes and packaging materials; I need to send back my Chrimbo pressies asap. Thinking, last week, I had more time than I do, I'd also arranged a DVD night for the Toka ALTs so I picked up Spiderman 2 and some snacks on the way home. When i did get home I found a note from the post office saying they had a parcel for me from 'Johnson'. Helen's pressies have arrived, so at least I'll have something to open on Christmas Day!

After some frantic flat-tidying, Debs and Nate arrived and we settled down to watch Spiderman 2. Erik also turned up a bit later, just as the final third started so we all got to see the big Spidey vs Doc Ock showdown. In my opinion, I think it's a great film and proves to me once again that Sam Raimi was an inspired choice for director.

After they'd left, I set to work on wrapping pressies and packing them in a strong box. Mark was online so I was able to talk to him while I wrapped, which was nice. Wrapping always takes longer than I think, and last night I was only able to finish Helen's packaging. I'll send it tomorrow when I go to the post office and pick up my parcel from her.

I woke this morning well before my alarm because of the cold. According to my kerosene heater it was 9 degrees in my flat. No wonder I couldn't feel my nose. It was so cold that when I tried to get back to sleep, the people in my dreams were shivering. When I did get up and out, I found my car had a nice layer of ice on it. Bit of a problem when you haven't got any de-icer. I managed to scrape off enough ice so I could see where I was driving and left for Tsunan.

This morning I've been searching for and printing off pictures of British food for Mineki-sensei's class. I've been staring at pictures of roast beef dinners and full english breakfasts for the last couple of hours and I'm starting to get hungry but all I have with me are my ham and cheese sarnies. Maybe I'll go out at lunch and get a greasy bento box and pretend it's fish and chips.