Merry Christmas

I don't do much for Christmas anymore.  I rarely even bother to go shopping.  The party for the kids at the school is about all I really do. I do decorate my house and do a bit of illuminating too.

It looks like another Christmas has passed and I hope everyone enjoyed it in their own way.  As for the Donoho's of Japan, we still struggle with health issues that seem to increase daily.  Good news is that Hitomi's hand is feeling better after the surgery.  Bad news is she has a some kind of stomach flu.  Good news is my back feels much better.  Bad news is well actually there isn't any from my end for now...knock on wood...Hoping for the best.  I will be writing on this blog more...

If this were a snowboard I'd know that Santa was in Hokkaido. It's snowing again!!! I believe the mountain may be calling me.  Time to go to bed and be ready for the possibility...

May blessings come to you.

Hopefully,
Patrick

The First Panic

I couldn't quite believe what she was telling me, but apparently Hitomi, our school mother, had fallen in front of the school and hurt her hand.  She had been hurrying back to our house to pick up a speaker to play some Christmas music for the kids in Kitano.  She didn't look like she was going to shake it off, so I said I would drop her at the hospital and I would go out there alone.  She said she could make it, but in the end she was just in far too much pain to be doing anything, but seeking medical help.  We parted ways at Toko store in Hiraoka.  She made her way back to Asabu Orthopedic and I faced thirty some kids without any assistant.  It was madness, but I think we made out alright.

The only thing I'm really worried about is, of course, a full recovery for Hitomi.　I can't imagine how much it hurt.


ひと美さん

早く元気になって下さい。

Sympathetically,
Pat

Book of the Week

I'm exhausted.  I thought it would have been an easier week, but unfortunately I wasn't as ready as I should have been and it turned frantic here and there. I hope it didn't show too much... I will make some updates this weekend but for now, please accept my weekly book blurb.

This is it.  I haven't really used it seriously yet, but it looks like a winner and as I have introduced the English Island stamp card to be stamped for both attendance and homework, I must provide quality exercises for students too advanced for the game based homework I usually give.  The exercises are short and clear.  The grammar presented is very well thought out and easy to follow.  If you are interested in this book, I have a copy and I might even buy some and pass them along to students who are looking to shore up their grammar.

すみません。。。今回の翻訳もちょっと待って下さい。とにかくこの本は文法の本なんですけど、わかりやすい！

Grammatically,

Pat