Folks I’m exhausted.

Working as an Elementary school teacher is kicking my butt. The kids are between 6 years old and 11 years old and are little nuclear power plants of energy. When I go to hang out with them at recess they wear me down to bits.

I’m just not used to it is all. Just the other day I came home after teaching and, tossed some rice & water into the rice cooker, then collapsed on my couch like a sack of potatoes and went to sleep (at around 4pm). When I woke up it was nearly 9pm and I still was groggy… coherent enough though to nuke some curry and have a small bowl of rice and curry.

Everyday isn’t like that, but it’s hard work for something that seems mind boggling easy to explain.

I mean telling someone, “hey yeah I live in Japan and I teach elementary age kids stuff like ‘I like apples’ or ‘I can jump'” then in the next line say, “but I’m so exhausted from it I can barely cook a meal…” sounds odd right?

Anyway, it’s a poor excuse for not blogging. I’m sure in time I’ll get back up to speed.

J out

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