almost 4:15

I'm back at the City Hall, in the office of the Board of Education, without a computer.
For the week I was gone there were a lot of changes back here in Arao.
This is a hands-on kind of country, a learn-by-experience type of place. My old nice boss is now the principal of #2 Elementary School. My new nice boss is from Arao Chuou Elementary.
Several teachers that I worked with got transfered to schools in different cities. I inquired about the purpose of this upheaval between the school year. I was told, 'This is the way things are done in Japan. Every teacher must teach in both the country and the city. If they are married, sometimes the couple must live apart for some time until their transfer is up. It can be years...'

Several dozen teachers got their new placements over the past two weeks. Of course, I kept my place, but my desk in the main office was moved to the opposite wall, and my computer was removed for 'community use.' So I'm typing on the 'community use' computer... ;)

Cheers and a shout out to all the people who helped me and my brother with our trip last week: Etsuko, Yoshimi, Naoko, Sakurai and the other Naoko, and Kenji, of course
Special thanks to Yuji for all his help