Well, how time flies.
Since my last post, I have moved across four prefectures to my new apartment, new job, and new life in Yamanashi. I still teach small children, but I am no longer a glorified babysitter; no offense meant, of course, to those who find their calling working with very young children. One of my older sisters loves doing just that, and I am ever so thankful that she, and other people like her, are fulfilled by and good at that sort of work. It is an important job; I am just not suited for it.
I am still in the process of getting settled in, even though I've been here for almost a month now. My new apartment was empty when I arrived, and the furniture I received from my predecessor was rather minimal--plus I am currently in a bit of a financial crunch (moving across four prefectures and all). I slept on the floor and lived out of suitcases for that first week, though, so everything is an improvement when compared to that.
Overall, I would say that things are going very well. I like my new co-workers and my new boss, even if, as the only girl, the only person at the company younger than thirty, and the only person not co-habitating with a Japanese woman, I am the odd one out. I like my classes fairly well, and even though they only meet for an hour once a week, and I have far more students than I did before, I feel like I am already getting to know the kids a little bit.
If I had to say that there was one part of the job that I do not enjoy as much, it would be, oddly, working with the adults. It is something that I was greatly looking forward to, but now that it has happened, I feel out of my depth and a little overwhelmed with it all. This feeling of uncertainty can almost definitely be attributed to the fact that I just don't have any experience doing it, so it requires more effort, but still offers more uncertainty and requires more trial and error. Neither of those things are appealing. Hopefully, once I get a bit more used to it all, I'll enjoy the adult classes as much as I do the elementary and junior high ones.
Well, that's the general update of it all--I'll try to post some more specific things (like my overhauled '101 in 1001' challenge, for one) as the week goes on. As it is, I am still alive, and, hopefully, slightly less radioactive than before.
