I know I haven't posted in the while and I'm not about to go into a long drawn out explanation of why, just know that I haven't forgotten about you all.
It has almost been a year since I said goodbye to America (not for good, don't worry) to come to Japan. And now that it has been a year and I will be with Amity until May I am happy that I extended. But, one thing is about to majorly change. Becs is going to be leaving :( I cannot go into detail (because of privacy AND space, hahaha) of the amount of fun me and Becs have had.
She has helped me a lot this year. She has literally felt like a sister while she has been out here with me. I do not think I've spent this much time with any one person in my entire life save my immediate family. When you work together 40 hours a week for a year you tend to get on each others nerves, learn a lot from each other, and yes, love each other. I have to admit, my time out here would not have been the same and I would not have grown as an individual the way I have if it hadn't been for Becs.
She is headed back to California on February 3rd and she is setting her sights on volunteering and then in the fall going to graduate school. I wish her all the best.
In other news my kids are crazy. They are crawling between my legs, running and jumping into me, constantly asking me questions in Japanese (which is helping my Japanese) and overall just being the warmest most kindest people I've ever met. Some of these kids get on my nerves from time to time, but I must say that even my worst kids a year ago I have grown to love. With Becs leaving it's making me realize how short my time is here (as far as Amity because I plan on coming back out here in some other form or fashion, most likely a teacher, but more on that as it develops) and I know one thing, I'm going to miss these kids. Even Becs came close to shedding a tear when one of her students, who she hasn't even had for a year, told her, "I'll miss you.."
In other news, I haven't been studying my Japanese the way I should be, but I am retaining the little bit that I am continually picking up. It feels great, even in a limited capacity, to be able to communicate with people in another language. One reason, or excuse whichever you prefer, that I haven't been studying Japanese is because of The Wire. Yup, The Wire. If you are not familiar with what I am speaking of let me explain: The Wire is a TV show on HBO that only ran for 5 seasons. The creator of it is an ex-Baltimore Police Officer who decided to make a show about inner-city Baltimore and the drug dealing, corner boys, police officers, government officials and newspaper reporters. The show is almost an hour long for each episode and my goodness it has got to be one of the biggest spider-webbed kind of shows I have ever watched. The reason I love it so much is because it's not over the top unbelievable (editors note: watch Prison Break), but yet it entraps you with it's pure genius.
I also got a new game a little while back, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2. Wonderful game, but I won't get into it because this is not a video game blog.
Well, everything is GREAT, I love my kids, I'm loving the position I'm in right now, the sky is the limit and I really hope that after I am able to come back for about a month that I can have something lined up soon there after to be back in this great country again. All in God's time and His Will, I know...but for those of you who have spoken to me since I have been out here, you know how at peace I am and how much joy I have...I just want it to continue.
Farewell Becs, and thanks for being my sister in Japan.
-Jeremy aka The big Little Brother in Japan
