Sweaty Sweaty

Just got back from school for the day. I was hot from cycling back home up teh hill and the last thing I wanted was to walk into a roasting hot flat. But that's what happened. Teh flat has NO insulation, so it was freezing in winter and now collects heat. Today a teacher told me that yesterday was the hottest day of teh year, with a temperature around 30 degrees. So that was why last night the air conditioning in my flat went on for teh first time. If last year is anything to go by, it'll probably stay on until September and I'll have a huge electricity bill.

I had one lesson today. It was with the student teacher who it taking Miyazaki-sensei's classes. We did the Directions lesson which worked well when we did last time. Today it wasn't quite as successful; I'm not sure if it was the heat affecting teh students or myself or it was first period lethergy. Still, we got through everything and, to be honest, I'm not really there to teach, just make English 'real'. That's the main thing I took from the Recontracting Conference. The students have other English lessons where they are taught English. My lessons are for the students to practice what they learnt in front of a native English-speaker and to have fun with English. I think today though, the class wasn't quite as enthusiastic as I hoped they would be which is why I'm a little disappointed.

After the class I had a little meeting with my supervisor. Apparently the Board or Education is offering to renew some things in my apartment, namely the fridge, dining table, washing machine, rice cooker and cabinet for dishes. Now, except for the the cabinet which lost it's front in the earthquake, everything in my kitchen is fine; the fridge keeps things cool, the rice coooker makes rice, the washing machine (with Cloudy Upgrade) washes, the dining table doesn't eat all my food. So I asked for a new cabinet. I also asked about stuff in my front room. The large storage unit is still on its side since I think its too dangerous to stand up properly. I wasked about that and my supervisor will see if the BoE will change it for a proper low storage unit. The sofa is my problem. It was bought by a previous ALT and handed down to me. What I do with it is up to me, but chances are I'll have to pay to get it removed. Might be worth it for the extra space it would give in it's absence.

So, this afternoon. I have leaving-party Enkai for the student teacher tonight at 6pm so again I can't do too much that'll make me tired for that. I rented 'Dark Star' from Tsutaya so I might watch that. Or I might catch up with blog entries and photos. or I could nap again. Decisions decisions.