I might have to cut this short as I haven't been able to use the computer much here at the Kencho this week and might have to vacate it at any moment. Apparently one of the guys in here is doing real work and has needed it for much of this week. I'm not sure what he's doing but it seems to be legit as there are times where a few of the other guys in the office will come over, look over his shoulder, say a few things, and then maybe even help him point and click. So I don't think he's looking up sporting news, writing emails, or adding to his journal as some of us do.

Anyway, this morning Ono-san and I got in one of the government vehicles and went to Tokai High School. It will be school number seven for me starting in April. I will visit it every 1st and 3rd Monday of the month. Minobusan has been cut to every 2nd and 4th Monday. I met with three guys and we sat around a large conference table and asked each other questions. The info I got is that I have to arrive there by about 930am, will have two or three classes of about 35 students each, will have to somehow supply my own lunch, will be staying after school for about half an hour to attend the English Club meetings, and will get to leave somewhere between 4 and 430pm. Two of the guys were really nice and the other one seemed ok but didn't say too much. All in all I think things will be just fine. I am getting to be an old pro at this multi-school thing.
And the really good part is that I get to ride my bike to this place. I don't have to take trains or busses or the occasional cab. It is past the Kencho by about another 15 minutes. So it should be about a 25 to 30 minute ride. No problem.

In other news....Amy's parents have come and gone. They seemed to enjoy themselves and I enjoyed showing them and helping them what and when I could. We stayed in Tokyo the first weekend they were here and then they came up to Kofu a few times with Amy during last week and then this last Sunday we all went out with Yamashita-sensei.
He took us down to Shizuoka, the prefecture south of Yamanashi. The best part was that I got to go to a beach and walk on the sand and touch the ocean. It's amazing how much I unconsciously missed it. When I lived in Monterey and near San Diego I definitely didn't go to the beach everyday, sometimes it was a month between visits, but I liked knowing it was there. Some kind of a strange mental thing, I guess.
Anyway, I found a dead shark, a small one, and we walked around on the dark volcanic sand and then went to eat.

Uh oh, the computer man is back. I should get off this thing. Not really much more to tell about that day except that we visited the ocean, a waterfall/small river, and then a lake. It was a water-themed day.

This Friday the arrival of my parents will occur.

Bye for now.