sakura saku
Apologies again for my absence. Haven't had the energy to sit down and write in awhile. As you've prolly concluded from my photos I'm back from China. When I left I thought I might've been comin' down with something, but funny enough I felt fine all through the trip. Then as soon as we touched ground in Japan again my symptoms returned. An allergy to Japan it seems... Or more likely, an allergic reaction to the explosion of cherry blossoms coming into bloom across the country right now. As I mentioned earlier cherry blossom season coincides with the beginning of the new school year. In Japan this means more than just new school supplies and sneakers. As a teacher you walk into school that first day and you have new colleagues, a new office desk, new schedule, and for seemingly no reason whatsoever, a new shoe cubby. I only recognize a third of the staff now, 11 of our teachers having been transferred to new schools. They do this every year- last day of school each t