Goodbye party and hello to the new school year

Tonight my school held a goodbye party at a local izakaya for the teachers and staff that are leaving our school this week. Goodbye parties are always sad moments for everyone as you never want to say goodbye to friends and see them go, but you are glad to see them and have fun with them one more time before they leave. There was laughter, tears, and lots of drinks. It was a lot of fun.

Tomorrow is April 1st, the traditional beginning of the school year in Japan. For me it means new classes and new students. I'm very excited but also nervous at all the new classes I'll be taking over for this year. I have a good feeling this will be a much better year than last year, and hopefully will be less stressful than the 2008 school year was.

One bad thing however is I am still fighting my cold, but hopefully I will be better shortly.