Where to even begin? I have to cover the Cultural Festival, Sports Day, and my first teaching, hijinks included. It's an undertaking that will require more energy than I have right now, because I definitely just stayed at school until 7pm working with the first years in ESS on their English speeches for an upcoming competition.
I haven't forgotten about you, I promise.
So, I would promise not to fall into the blog hole but in previous blogging experience, doing so is a one way ticket into said blog hole.
In the meantime, a taste of life in Ishikawa in September.
Late summer is typhoon season. It sounds scary, like hurricane season, and I'm sure in most of Japan, it means howling winds and torrential downpours. This had lead to national paranoia and exaggerated weather forecasts. At a teacher's meeting this morning, the principal was talking about whether or not school should be canceled due to the coming typhoon. I had heard whispers of it the day before, so I did the American thing last night and stocked up on food and batteries, surprised that no one else was doing the same. Hearing of a potential school closing made me all excited. Wind and rain! Power outages! Life at an eerily beautiful standstill!
Well, the typhoon hit in the afternoon. There was some rain and it was a little unpleasant out. The students didn't even notice because they were taking exams.
In Ishikawa, the default weather is rain. Rainfall here is triple the amount of rainfall in Seattle. Something about the Noto Peninsula soaks up typhoons like a sponge and evenly distributes the rain over the course of the year. There was no awesome storm.
On the bright side, I now have another kabocha (Japanese pumpkin) which will feed me for a week.
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