A couple of weeks ago I started to 'unplug' my life. It's a good thing I did because now I am without wifi in my apartment. I have access to the internet through my laptop which is connected to a LAN line. I'm having flashbacks to my freshman year in college -- Ligon was not equipped with functioning wifi.
It's not the end of the world and I'm sure I'll eventually get it fixed. Right now, my focus is on finishing the end of the school year strong. I'm taking advantage of this limited online time to organize lesson plans and create English materials for my schools.
I'll be honest, though, I miss scrolling through pictures on Instagram and my newsfeed on Facebook. Looking at those applications from a laptop is not the same. It's considerably less enjoyable.
The silver lining to all of this is I am being forced to spend my time more wisely. Instead of streaming Netflix on my iPad in the background while I do things on my laptop, I focus on one task at a time and finish it or come to a clear stopping point before moving onto the next one.
What's been hard is realizing how much time I waste aimlessly scrolling through apps. Not having wifi, as inconvenient as it may be, it's a good change of pace for me. I'm doing my best to embrace it.
----- but the #millenial in me is freaking out.
So here's how I spent this past week ...
I watched the friends I study Japanese with competing in the annual
Kitakyushu International Association Speech Contest.
Shoko-san and I loved supporting them!
Japanese Conversation Table participants
I had a great week with my JHS students.
I had my weekly study session at Starbucks where I practiced writing the hiragana characters.
I also enjoyed the wifi!
Starbucks order: tall hot latte
With only 15 days left of school, I am beginning to plan my trip to the US. I am getting really excited about seeing my family and friends. I've got a long list of things I want to do when I'm back home. As enjoyable as the Japanese culture is, there are still many things I miss about America. I'm not exactly sure when I'll be making my trip back, but I cannot wait!
Here are ten things I'm looking forward to off the top of my head:
1. Using my Starbucks gold card to order
2. Shopping in Costco and buying a case of water bottles
3. Driving a car
4. BBQ brisket and french fries
5.Movie theater popcorn and diet coke
6. Snickers bars
7. Using a plastic card to pay instead of cash & coins
8. Hulu
9. Magazines in English - Vogue, Harper's Bazar, Forbes
10. Speaking American English everywhere
