Yakumo Music Concert

This was the reason why I had to come back to Japan so early. I only got a days rest before I would have to suit up and get back to work. It wasn’t really that bad since when I got home I was able to sleep like a baby. I got more and enough rest and was able to get ready to meet with students and teachers. I had arrived about half an hour early, so I took a walk around and got a little snack to eat before the event. The event itself was really well organized and it was a pleasant experience. I’m glad that I came back to Japan to see it. They were really good. I like the mixes that the conductor had taught them, it was a great mix of the songs that were familiar. I noticed that there were a lot of western songs that were thrown in there. It was a great performance. It was strange to see my co-workers again after all that has happened this week. It seems almost surreal that I’m living in Japan and this is what I do for a living now. How quickly things seem to change and how disoriented I am.

I went home with another teacher, not to my house, but to Yokohama station. She sat next to me all year, but we hardly talked, but I made the effort to talk more tonight. I think it worked pretty well since we talked for most of the ride home. I think that was a nice thing since I have moved my desk for the upcoming year. I have been told that I will be moving over into the next aisle and that I will be more in the center. I think that all the other people haven’t moved very much and very far. Only a few others have moved grades.