i'm sooooo tired!

man kids wear you out! it could also be that ive been going to bed at my regular time (11 - 12) and waking up at 6:30 everyday, then going to play with kids all day trying to be genki (upbeat), and then going out at night = very very very tired allison on friday. i was so tired, that my head kept doing that embarassing bobbing action in the teacher's room, hopefully not to many people saw that.

then, being the dork that i am, instead of staying home and resting, i went to the welcome party hosted by AJET (JET organization in aomori), so basically around 50 JETs got together in the hills outside of aomori city to party at some cabins. it was fun, but incrediblly tired today. we played ultimate frisbee today as a fundraiser for the non-profit organization in aomori by jets called everest of apples that is supporting the building of a school in nepal. that was a lot of fun, had some minor injuries, not too much of a surprise considering we were playing on an asphault field instead of grass like it usually is.

other news ... it might just start to be getting cool here. it was significantly cooler here today than the last few days. had an annoying bug in my bedroom friday night that kept waking me up every few hours with random spurts of cricket music (but slightly different). the air is filled with this stinky smoke right now and i know it has something to do with the rice fields. i think they are getting ready to harvest the rice which means they have a lot more leaf litter and they burn it everyday making it very smoky with a constant burnt smell in the air. and thats all i can think of now follks. stay tuned for more exciting news from the land of japan in coming days!