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So I’ll write about my morning.

I woke up to my phone alarm, and with enough time to be conscious for the startling buzz of the kerosene heaters startup cycle. It’s like the hum of a fluorescent tube turned up to 11.  Once it started up I became worried that it was heating my futon too fast. Rather than have concern for burning the house down I was worried that this would eat into my “sit in bed and hit snooze for like an hour” morning routine. Since small fire containing robots frighten me, I relented and put away my futon and started my day, a full 45 minutes earlier than I usually do.

This gave me time to shower, dry my hair, make a semi-wholesome breakfast, and as our Japanese-English textbook says, “Enjoy net surfing.”  All before leisurely walking to the train station, where for the first time in months I was able to buy my ticket without talking through a thick layer of running induced mucus, which as you may guess never served my underdeveloped Japanese very well.

Now for my next trick, getting to bed on time.

P.S.  - I am now an official teacher. I know 4 months for the certificate to arrive is a long time, but it’s here, and in the lovely form of graded tests. I think my students averaged about an 75-80% correct…and I’m honestly wondering if I made the test too easy. I’m not doing my job until 75-80% of them go home sobbing.