December 20, 2012

Thursday - Snowy, but not too cold

A productive day.

This morning I woke up at 8:30.  I know, it surprised the heck out of me too.  What was even more surprising was that I got up and stayed up! Today I had an early lesson so I had to get ready.  I showered right away and then watched Grey’s Anatomy while I rationed myself to 30 minutes on the computer in the morning.  

I had breakfast and then got dressed for the road.  I was dressed and out the door before 11 am.  For me, that’s almost unheard of!  

I walked to my school. It wasn’t bad really.  It wasn’t terribly cold and it only snowed for a little while.  At my school I dumped my backpack off and grabbed my snow scoop and went to the back parking lot.  Happily the snow wasn’t very deep, so I built it up at the back of the space.  I also cleared a bit of the path to the apartment building.  I couldn’t work too quickly, nor lift the snow too high, my side wouldn’t let me, but I had time.

After I finished I went into the apartment and started getting ready.  I had a little over an hour.  My lesson was prepped, but I wanted to check it, plus do all the other things I like to do before class.  About 30 minutes before class I went outside again and checked the parking space.  It had snowed again, so I re-cleared it and then went back in.  Luckily, this snowfall wasn’t very deep.

My student came a minute or two late and we got on with our lesson.  She’s a lot of fun to teach and quite a high level student, so easy to work with.  After class, she went on her way and I got busy again.

I put the foam board up on the window again.  With the big window I lose a lot of heat in the room, so putting the board up helps a bit. I didn’t cover it all, just half of it.  After that, I did my usual paperwork.  Later, I wrote a letter to my nephew, and then I got stuck into my latest movie column.  

I was getting a bit sick of being in my school, and it was late, so I sent F a text to see if he was done work yet.  He was, apparently he’d just returned home, so he said he’d come and get me.  I packed up all my stuff, turned off all the things in my school, set the heater for tomorrow and then went to the door.  I grabbed the scoop and went to do a little bit more of the snow removal.  That’s where I was when F arrived.  He finished up for me and then met me around the front of the building.  

Tonight we had dinner at a shabu-shabu restaurant.  He’s been suggesting it for a while, so I finally said yes.  It was quite nice.  We had local pork and used a sukiyaki and a soy milk broth to cook in.  

Afterwards we went to the nearby drugstore for a couple of minutes and then came straight home.  I watched a bit of TV and then turned off the TV for the night.

Tomorrow I have an afternoon class, but it’s a little later than today’s.  I don’t have to get up and out on the road as early.  Yay for that.  That’s it for me.  Got to go.  Night.