Nap attack

I need to stop napping. I always go for longer than I intend to and that's never good.

So today was interesting.

Food in the caf was good. It's been Chinese week so there have been steamed dumplings available for cheap in the cafeteria, which is good cause those are always delicious. Class was as good as it normally was too.

I was hanging out in my room reading when I got a call. Turns out we needed to all of a sudden meet with the son of the guy that was hiring us to help with his English learning activity in Sogasa Saiki next month. We had no warning of this, and got called by the girl that hired us saying "He's on campus, go find him".

So that kind of was sucky and rushed.

The meeting was RIDICULOUSLY informal. The guy was slouched and kept referring to himself using "ore" which is basically treating us like we're bros. He kept trying to be friendly and ask us questions about America instead of bothering to talk to us about the job, and it was extremely awkward, especially when he kept asking Keith questions that would've gotten his ass kicked stateside (Keith is black, thise Shinbo Iida guy had zero tact). It was amusing in a horribly awkward sense, but at least it ended and we know what we need to do for next month.

Next month on the 11th, we need to be up and ready at 7am outside of AP House with swim trunks, a change of clothes, and a towel. We're going to the beach in Sagasa Saiki in order to play sports with the kids and teach them English in the process. It's during the Open Swimming Festival in the city, and we will also have to participate in a tradition of making donburi from scratch that involves washing the rice in the seawaters and using traditional methods of cooking and preparing it instead of doing it in a kitchen.

So, should be fun. And definitely a cultural thing to look forward to.

There is also a yukata festival coming up that I need to look into. I don't actually own a yukata, and they're expensive so...we'll see.