Memorial Day and my first day of work

[deralte]

On Monday, I went for a walk and accidentally (my usual walk takes me by the fire station) ended up watching my town's memorial day parade. It looked very tame compared to festivals I've seen in Japan, but was interesting from an anthropological standpoint (why do we have so many girl scout troops?). Meanwhile, I caught up with a bunch of anime and shows (mostly Being Human and Mushi-shi), manga (My Girl - Korean manga which is basically the Korean version of Hana Montana), and comics (Jack of Fables, House of Mystery & Dresden Files Stormfront). Then I ignored all that to try to finish the final Percy Jackson book, but I'm only half way through as of now.

Today was my first day of work and while it was a long day, I actually wasn't as knackered as I thought I would be. My back hurts from holding a crying toddler for an hour though.

The other day, I made buffalo stroganoff for dinner which tastes a lot like beef stroganoff, only with buffalo;), and apple crisp for desert. I'm actually getting a bit sick of apple crisp but it's dad's favourite desert so he automatically asks for me to make it whenever I suggest other deserts (like brownies *pout*).

Comments

[shortysc22.livejournal.com]

As far as the number of girl scout troops, that depends on how many schools are in your town/neighboring communities who participate in the parade. For me, we had five elementary schools. Each elementary school was K-5 and each grade had their own troop, so 6x5=30 troops just in elementary school and then some troops merge with the other troops in middle school, some die out entirely, but yeah, that's why there may be so many.

[deralte.livejournal.com]

Ah, I see. Thanks.

[ashfae.livejournal.com]

You and screaming toddlers really don't fit into the same mental image somehow.

[deralte.livejournal.com]

Lol. I'm kinda zen around them actually.

The other teacher today was like, "That was the worst day ever." and I was like, "Huh? I thought it was a normal day." (and didn't add, "You mean your days are even easier than this?") It's a result of years of experience with life and different cultures - nothing a two year old can come up with can phase me.

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