More Birthday's and Games

Last week was a calm week at school. I had a lot of nice classes and enjoyed eating my school lunch in the classroom with the students. I got some great news Thursday morning, I will have a job when I get back to the States! I also found out my flight home will be one July 30th and I'll be flying to Boston via Toronto. I'll be flying home in a month and a half and although I will miss Japan, I'm really excited to come back and start on my next adventure!

I went out with Leah on Thursday night to celebrate. I cooked dinner and we both went to Bob's bar for a drink and some karaoke. We both went home early, but it was nice to see her! On Friday my friend Lisa came over after school for a girls night in. I cooked and she brought a bottle of wine and dessert. We live a bit far apart from each other, so we don't see each other often. It was really nice seeing her and we ended up hanging out well into the night.

Saturday we celebrated Bec's birthday. I met Dave for coffee in the morning and we headed to the castle together. Chris rented a BBQ and we had a little picnic on the castle grounds. It was a ton of fun! I left with Marc and Tanya a little early to head into Fukuoka for the night. The JET charity committee hosted a pub quiz to raise money for the relief effort in Nepal. Juha was originally supposed to be on their team, but he had to drop out at the last minute, so I went instead. We did win, but it was a great night and it was nice to be in Fukuoka again.

Sunday Marc and I headed back into Fukuoka for a game day. I've missed the last few months of gaming, but it was really nice to be back! We played some games I've played before, but we also played a bunch of new games! We played from 11 AM until well after dinner. Marc and I headed back to Kokura around 9:30 PM. It was a great week!

This week I'm excited to be in Matsugae again for school. I'll also be back in Fukuoka over the weekend for the JET Sayonara party. I have to work next Sunday, but afterwards some of us are thinking of going to see the new Mad Max movie (it comes out next Saturday in Japan). I'm really enjoying the last of my time in Japan and I looking forward to my last few trips before heading home!