::bamboo for dinner::

We start out with the immersion kids which are 4-6 year olds and are in english classes from 8:30 until 2:20 except for a 40 minute Japanese lesson in between. There are three classes that we rotate between each day and all the kids are absolutely adorable! Most call me “Miss Arrie” because it’s hard for them to say their ‘l’s–so cute. 

At 2:00, Katie an I go back to our apartment until 3:30 when we have to be back for Friends Club. Katie and I go and meet the buses at 3:55 to say hello to the kids(We say hello to each one so in all I’d say we say “hello” and “goodbye” about 550 times a day…wow) and then go to our classes that we’re assigned to for the day and play for a while and then help out doing whatever needs to be done in the classroom. Today, to practice forming sentences they all lined up and asked me questions–one asked me if I liked rice, another asked if I liked “nato”(it’s fermented beans that you mix with water to make it a slimy mess –i don’t know what they find appealing about it) to which I told her “no, I don’t like nato,” then everyone started laughing when I told her that. I guess they all must like it… crazy Americans. 

We are both crazy disappointed because we are going to miss Thanksgiving dinner!!!! But thanks to Evann Bremner we are going to have Thanksgiving when we get back home…we already have the whole meal planned and who is making what– I can’t wait! 

This weekend there is swing dancing at some tiny place somewhere in Sendai(we’re not exactly sure where) that we may try and go to. We are also trying to decide if we should go bike riding to a waterfall  tomorrow with some teachers which would mean riding 8.5 miles uphill one way then a hike to the waterfall and then 8.5 miles back…it could be interesting to say the least! I am not exactly a bike rider…

Change of subject–Election. Would love to hear everyone’s thoughts on it…I think Katie and I are going to sign up for an absentee ballot this weekend as well so hopefully we will be able to vote in our first presidential election! I am very excited to finally be a voting citizen…

Well, sorry for the rambling, but there’s not really any other way to do it unless I write a book with many short chapters which is not going to happen! 

Ciao