how's the weather?

i wrote this yesterday but decided to wait until today to post it. . . in other words, i survived my first typhoon :) . . .

school was cancelled today thanks to the typhoon. . . yet teachers were required to attend this morning and despite the fact that they were permitted to leave at lunch, i for some odd reason am required to be at the board of education. . . ugh, ugh, ugh. . . i received the following email from a fellow jet this morning. . .

“I am confused about working in Japan. I am here at work today at Ochi Jr. High School. School has been cancelled, yet I am sitting here, in the middle of a typhoon! Why am I here? I was told I had to be here! Is anyone else out there in this predicament? We are at work during a natural disaster, which was described by the news as a typhoon the size of Katrina.”

some things in japan just don’t make much sense. . . although i have to say this is probably the safest building in town, as it is this depressing, gray block with only a few windows on one side. . . still, how nice would it be to go home and not have to worry about walking home at the end of the day. . . stupid, stupid, stupid. . . hehe. . . i should probably wait to post this until after i have survived the natural disaster in order to avoid freaking my mother out. . .

sad. . . this poor bird trying to fly around outside the window is getting tossed in every direction. . . anyway, wish me luck with my first typhoon. . . larger than katrina but not as strong. . . so i’m told.