Get me to an onsen.

Finally it's Saturday.

I've managed to muddle my way through the week.

And boy what a week.

I woke up on Monday, thinking it was Tuesday. Tuesday thinking it was Wednesday...by Thursday I was ready to call it quits. At least Friday felt like Saturday.

On Monday morning (at least I think it wasn't Sunday), I was slicing paper in half and before I knew it, I'd sliced through the wire of my earphones. In seconds I was sentenced to days without the use of my Ipod.

On Thursday, (maybe it was Wednesday?) I fixed the chair I like to kneel on behind the podium.I was crouching down behind the podium trying to fix my beloved chair while my students were doing their work. When I emerged and started speaking to them, one guy pointed at my face and said 'Teacher, black'. I gave him my puzzled face and looked at my hands. They were covered in black too. My student, Tai, was kind enough to fetch a mirror out his bag so I could check out my face; all this in front of the rapt attention of 20 other students. Hazukashi! He also gave me a tissue to try and wipe it off. No go. The smudges weren't budgin'. What to do? I quickly explained the next activity and then scooted to the bathroom where it took me a few minutes of repeated scrubbing to get the stuff off my face. I'm such a chimp. (Why do I hear that in a British accent?)

In the next class, I was very happy to have my chair back, so there I was kneeling on it while taking attendance, when all of a sudden whoosh. The pin pops out and the chair plummets. I give a squeal of surprise and down I go with the chair. Embarrassing moment number tsoo.

I seem to be prone to these types of occurences.

So yes, I'm happy it's the weekend. I'm even happier it's Golden Week. Last year it was a road trip from Takamatsu to Tokyo with Kathy and Jeff. Ya mon! This year it's Okinawa with Karen, Juniper, Derek and Russ for 5 nights, 6 days of sun and surf.