Slight update to the previous update. I've never really bothered to do anything in terms of technical details or nice design or whatever with this blog, which I essentially see as a word-hole. However it was recently pointed out to me that people might want to actually subscribe to this thing. So, you can now subscribe via email or RSS feed in the right-hand corner. Hooray.
I'd also like to mention that last night, my friends and boyfriend threw me a surprise birthday party. It was toga-themed, I guess in celebration of my love of classics and not at all because people like to get shitfaced while wearing bedsheets. It was lovely and thoughtful and fun and it turns out I am totally dumb because I did not suspect anything at all. I won't get smushy but it made me really happy and I want to thank anyone who's reading this who had a part in it. And also find out who had a part in it but doesn't read my blog. And guilt those people into subscribing to my crap.
またね
Saturday 14 March 2015
Thursday 12 March 2015
Update
A new month, a new disease! For the last couple of weeks I've been plagued by some kind of child-related virus AND hay fever. Headaches, bad nose, blocked ears, achey jaw, sore throat. Everything from the neck up is out of order (especially my hair, which just never looks right). A lot of my coworkers have told me I look 'tired', which is Japanese for terrible. I've mainly soldiered through, and only took one day off work at the height of the virus' evil, but I've felt like pretty much all my energy is spent on work and once I'm home I can't really do much of anything. I haven't been practicing Japanese, writing or even getting through my backlog of podcasts. I went for a weekend away a month ago and I still haven't written about it, and I know no-one's desperate to read it but I sitll feel guilty all the same.
It's partly the illness, but I think also to do with the big upcoming change in my life - from April I will be working three days a week instead of five. It's almost a shame to be working a three-day week after successfully being a Proper Human for over a year - something I never thought I could do - but the opportunity has arisen for me to work lighter hours without losing too much financially, and the chance to make more use of my time in Japan (and take a lot more naps) was something I jumped at. So I think with only a few weeks to go until I switch to part-time work, my body and brain has just decided to give up for now and wait it out until I have more free time to be useful and productive. However, once I start my part-time contract, I don't want all this magical new free time to be wasted. I've spent time unemployed in the past, curled up in bedsheets at four in the afternoon and counting a trip to the postbox as an eventful day, and if I'm going to do that I may as well just go home and do it in a country that has Walkers crisps. Instead of lounging around all day, I want to schedule things for myself, make my time count for something. So I'll be updating the blog more regularly, whether anyone reads it or not, and working on my Japanese, whether anyone speaks to me or not. I also want to read more books, learn new things, all that stuff. I'm not sure exactly what my new existence will look like, but I picture myself sitting by a river and painting an old man fishing whilst listening to jazz, which I will have learned to appreciate. Whether this picture's realistic I don't know. But I know I'm looking forward to spending more time in Japan.
It's partly the illness, but I think also to do with the big upcoming change in my life - from April I will be working three days a week instead of five. It's almost a shame to be working a three-day week after successfully being a Proper Human for over a year - something I never thought I could do - but the opportunity has arisen for me to work lighter hours without losing too much financially, and the chance to make more use of my time in Japan (and take a lot more naps) was something I jumped at. So I think with only a few weeks to go until I switch to part-time work, my body and brain has just decided to give up for now and wait it out until I have more free time to be useful and productive. However, once I start my part-time contract, I don't want all this magical new free time to be wasted. I've spent time unemployed in the past, curled up in bedsheets at four in the afternoon and counting a trip to the postbox as an eventful day, and if I'm going to do that I may as well just go home and do it in a country that has Walkers crisps. Instead of lounging around all day, I want to schedule things for myself, make my time count for something. So I'll be updating the blog more regularly, whether anyone reads it or not, and working on my Japanese, whether anyone speaks to me or not. I also want to read more books, learn new things, all that stuff. I'm not sure exactly what my new existence will look like, but I picture myself sitting by a river and painting an old man fishing whilst listening to jazz, which I will have learned to appreciate. Whether this picture's realistic I don't know. But I know I'm looking forward to spending more time in Japan.
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