Would've thought by now I'd exhausted the list of tiny invaders into my humble Japanese abode. The slugs were brought in accidently by yours truly. A little old lady who lives next to the school saw me walking while she was working in her garden. She yelled "Sensei!!" from far, far away, and I almost didn't hear. Then I stopped, turned and realized she was calling to me. She scuttled over to me and said she'd been saving me some beans. This was our first meeting, but she must have seen me walking by before and guessed I was a teacher at the school. So I took the beans, gave her my cow and now there is a huge beanstalk growing in my kitchen. Then she decided she wanted me to have some lettuce too, so she dug up four heads, put them in bag, and sent me off.
Four heads is a lot of lettuce for one person. I put them in the sink and kept them in water so they wouldn't wilt, and I ate a whole head for lunch. When I came home tonight, there were slugs crawling all over the sink! Sigh... do slugs have a lot of protein?
I got up again this morning to a happy little tune. I got up right away without thinking. Little by little...
Total minutes early: 148
I tell of my day-to-day experiences in a funky Japanese town from my American viewpoint. This blog could also be called 'Bizarro World', 'Notes From Kyushu, a Smaller Island', or 'Teaching English in Japan: Smash Your Ego in 10 Easy Lessons."
Wednesday, April 18, 2007
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4 comments:
I'm sorry I haven't been by lately, i have been so busy and it feels great. Believe it or not I have been practicing some of what I have learned here. I have been getting up a bit earlier and getting to where i need to be a lil' earlier as well. It also feels good. I hope you get the critter problem solved soon. I think slugs may be a good source of protein so just Google it and maybe there is a soup recipe or something, HA!
Later Jettie....
Blu~
Slugs probably have protein. I would imagine it wouldn't be any worse than escargot.
Glad to hear that getting up is becoming more easy and natural. By day 30, you should be doing it without thinking about it.
One of my other blog friends found this. It is your answer to any getting up challenges:
Clocky
Sirdar, that is so funny. I'll bet it does work too, because who wouldn't wake up and get up if something falls and is running around. You think people get used to it and can sleep through it after a while?
I'll keep this is mind, but for now I'm going to pursue the course of waking up right away in a leisurely and pleasant way.
And for you Blu, well, I haven't been over for a while either, so no hard feelings. Have you really been taking on being early on your own too? Fantastalicious. I always appreciate your openness to trying a new angle on things. I'll be over as time allows!
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