Decisions and Frustrations

Had a good night last night, met one of the Island JETs, had Nagoyan chicken wings, took some puricura (she was very insistent), and did a little karaoke. Stocking up on all the fun, carefree goodness, all in anticipation for a crappy workday the next day... and boy was I disappointed, it was a pretty sh*te day today.

I finally opened up to some of the JTEs (Japanese Teachers of English) about my 'team', the situation etc., got a little teary eyed over it, but I suppose I felt a little better by not keeping it all to myself. No matter how hard I wish for things to be better, I don't think its going to happen. I don't think I can cope with another year of this. I think my decision of whether or not I will recontract is almost decidedly decided.

It's a hard decision. The job has a decent salary and provides me with the means to be in Japan and to do what I want which is to travel. Life outside of work is great. On the other hand, one of my schools is just utter frustration. At the same time, I'm thinking that I'm pretty lucky to have a job, especially with how unstable employment rates are at the moment, but my happiness and sanity are on the line...

We'll see how it goes, but I don't think anything's going to change within the next 2-3 weeks prior to the recontracting deadline. I think I might have to start looking for a job to transfer to this Summer.

Oh, some good news. I have a new washing machine, changed free-of-charge, but found a suspiciously new shiny nail on the side of my punctured tyre, it cost over JPY2000 to fix, as a precaution I won't be parking my bike at school anymore... am I being paranoid? All my displays have been targeted, I hope its not my shoe locker next. Anyway, the good news is, is that my bike is fixed.

Come on 2012, throw in the good stuff already, not just the washing machine!