疲れた～～～～～～！・・・・・・・日溜り君～～～～～

So I finally got my internet hooked up last night. I hadn't been able to use internet freely for almost a month, so as expected, I was pretty much glued to the computer all night.....until around 3am. The main problem was that that same day, my school had their 運動会 which meant that I was already dead tired when I got home. Going to sleep at 3am wasn't a good plan, seeing as I had to get up at 7am this morning. I crawled out of bed this morning, and crawled to school. Well no, I biked, but you know what I mean. At school, I did my final 自己紹介 lesson - it was really fun. I like to make jokes, it loosens up the kids. Some of them are really shy, they won't even look up at you really. But if I can crack a smile on one of those kids, I consider it a step in the right direction. Anyways, I survived my final self-introduction lesson, and headed back to the teacher's room. In the teacher's room, I sat at my desk, with my laptop open, working on an activity. Mind you, half my brain was asleep at this point.

After lunch, I went with another teacher to sample another class. The problem was there was no sitting room so I had to stand. I thought after lunch, I'd be more 元気, but I thought wrong. Halfway through the lesson, I was pretty much dozing off, using the shelf on the side of the room as support. The other teacher saw, and asked me if I was okay. Then I asked him if there were any places I could take a nap. Mind you, it was just a joke, I didn't except a serious answer. But then he told me, I could sleep in the nurses office. We went down to the nurses' office and low and behold, there were three beds, and the nurse prepared one for me, and just like an ill child, I was allowed to sleep in there. I ended up napping for an hour. I have no idea how that happened, but when I woke up, I was ready to do some speech contest 練習！ I had no classes in the afternoon, so it was all good.

When I woke up, I a bunch of kids came in - apparently they were doing measurements, weighing themselves and measuring their heights. Then I saw a bunch of cute bobbly head things on the nurses desk, and I asked a kid what that was. The nurse told me it was a 日溜り君. I was like, "hidamari"?? Those things were cute, and cool. Solar powered, it's this cute thing who's head moves left and right slowly. The nurse gave me one as a present.......that was definitely cool. I put it on my desk, and sat down, watching it. Apparently, it helps relax your heart......especially when you're alone at home. I have yet to try it, but at my desk..I could feel it's magical powers putting me at ease, and laying all my stress to rest. I love you 日溜り君！It's just so cute.

now I should probably go to sleep. don't want to sleep at school again anytime soon. Although when I woke up, there was a kid in the other bed...wonder what happened to her. While I was sleeping, I had this guilty feeling、I even had a 30 second nightmare about sleeping on on a boat and then finding out it was sinking. Apparently..it's okay..but I dont know...seems strange. However, I have been working overtime everyday, so I guess I should give myself some leeway here. Japanese teachers stay afterschool everyday until around 6:30 doing club activities and other stuff. My contract stipulates that I only have to stay from 8:10-3:55 each day. But I've been staying as late as the other teachers since school started. One day, I was the last teacher out of the staff room, leaving at around 7:30. So I'm not sleeping on the job. Just すごく疲れた～