Day 26, April 8 (Mon)

I let myself sleep in, and had a constructive yet leisurely morning.

I ate this raisin thing. 

I didn’t like it much. Too much weird doughy stuff, not enough raisins (if they are raisins). 

In the afternoon, I went with Hugh and Yuki to Miyazaki Elementary (I won’t forget the name anymore) to say hello and meet the teachers. Except this one was an actual meeting. Hugh had prepared a lesson plan (based on ‘The lesson plan’), we met in a meeting room with the 3-4th grade teachers, then with the 5th-grade teachers, then the 6th, to plan out the first lesson. 

On one hand, their dedication was nice to see, and getting the lessons worked out is super helpful, on the other hand, I hope I have some leeway with the classes. 

Yuki took us for ice cream after that, then it was back home. I walked to the supermarket for dinner supplies and made miso soup and yakisoba. 

After dinner, I accompanied Hugh to his Judo class. I wanted to go and watch :) The sensei invited me to join in, but I declined, though part of me really really wanted to. 

The kids class and adult class go on simultaneously, so I watched the kids through their warmups and ‘sparring’ exercises, and watched the adults through their exercises. It was fun! I believe Taekwon-do takes a lot of its Ho-Sin-Sul (self-defense) from Judo. Their falling techniques and some of the grips and throws I recognized. But of course the bitty white-belt kids can do all of it at least 10-times better than I can!

The hour wears on, I must be abed.