I Can't Hear You, the Post-Nasal Drip Is Too Loud

So now I've been ill for going on two full weeks. Some people will tell you that should read three full weeks, but they are silly. I almost got completely better two weekends ago when I went to Hokkaido. After that, it was all downhill again.

I'll tell you what happens when you're ill and working. You are either super-productive or not at all.

I've actually accomplished a fair amount over the past two weeks. I've done research on TEFL certificates and stalked Craigslist car+trucks as I look for potential 1986 BMWs with over 200K miles on them. (I can drive stick. As long as it still drives.)

Nine of seventeen kids finished their pen-pal letters. We have one more full week (send-off date is March 1st!) and I have been cajoling and harassing every step of the way - except for the over-achievers who already finished and remind me at every opportunity.

I began organizing files on my computer, setting the stage for a smooth transition to the new ALT, beginning in August of this year.

I found a Taiko internship to which I am determined to apply.

I'm 23% of the way through Embracing Defeat by John Dower (John Downer? That can't be right...) and getting ready to discuss it on Sunday with my Japanese teacher who is also reading it.

I've watched almost half of one season of The Big Bang theory and almost laughed a few times.

I've lost my hearing in both ears, only about half-way, but enough to make it difficult to distinguish Tosa-ben through the bubbling mucus-filled cavities behind the ear drum (in front of the ear drum? I really don't know).

Maybe tomorrow, I will go to the clinic and see what they can give me in the way of medicine. This is beginning to drag.

And so are the posts!