full swing

Yesterday was a mistake. 

I just couldn't seem to find my working groove. I  kept spacing out, and despite my relatively easy schedule, I kept feeling sleepy and sluggish. I looked like a mess too! I'd just slapped some cream and eyeshadow on my face with no thought to art or to beautify.... out of duty, really, and did nothing with my hair. My eyes were barely half open all day, and my smile looked as pretentious as it was. When I got home, I continued to indulge my lazy mood, got comfortable in my chair and started on the films, eating whatever I felt like for dinner. My brain was still 100% GW mode. Everything felt wrong.

And today is turning out to be nothing like the day before! Sometime between last night and this morning I was able to make the mental switch from holiday to work, and I'm feeling the difference! Teaching is fun again! I'm wearing my favorite blouse from Zara and I curled my hair all nice! It took me a day, but I'm back!

 Counting the milliseconds till my last lesson on Friday! I will celebrate with beer!

back to work

Finding my work rhythm is proving to be more difficult than I expected it to be.

 No, I can't just roll out of bed and stay in my pajamas all day, plopped in front of my laptop watching far too many episodes of Pretty Little Liars ( I cringe) with a beer in hand and an ash tray to my left, and some kind of junk-food to my far left--which used to be my general daily pattern of GW 2013! Now, I have to get up, change into clothes, put make-up on and make sure my hair is not too un-presentable, drink coffee, and go t work! And try hard to fit some time to exercise in there. And beauty school. And art practice. And laundry.  It's exhausting, but this is life. Golden Week was truly enjoyable, and I'm not going to start bickering about work just yet. It's still day 1 of work after GW, and I've got a few more to go before my next break. 

My holiday:

Thailand was great, thanks to some very accommodating friends, and its beautiful culture and delicious food. The only thing I didn't like about my trip was the plane ride other than the obvious: terribly hot, sweaty weather. I hate traveling by plane. Um, Thailand, what else? Beer, I guess. Very cheap. I drank so, so, so much over there. But then of course the drinking didn't really stop after returning to Japan. I made new friends in Thailand. I shopped. I read. I slept. I swam. It was the ideal vacation. I'm not happy it's over. I'm now counting the days till my next holiday which will be during the summer. Until then, I will try my best to undo the damage I've inflicted on my body with all the alcohol abuse, the cigarette-smoking, and lack of physical movement.