Day 122 - Time To Present

It's toooooo hooooootttttt. Had three performances today, and they reminded me why I hate working in groups so much. One of our group members in the first class just didn't show up. Texted the guy, saying she overslept. She's just a dunce. Unfortunately, she's the only one who had the full script, and was one of the main characters. And the second person in our group to duck out. It's extremely frustrating.

The other presentations I had today weren't nearly as bad. Thankfully. I talked about cake in one, which is always enjoyable. The other was a gag-skit about people eating dogs. Japanese is weird sometimes... I don't think I would have been able to handle today if things had gone worse. The heat, it really got to me today. I know there's only like, six days left, but I don't know if I'm gonna make it. Water fountains pretty much don't exist here, and shelling out two bucks to vending machines every couple of hours to keep hydrated is really draining my expenses faster than I thought.

Came home today and did all my laundry. Gonna give packing a shot tomorrow morning, see if I can't fit mostly everything into my two bags and still keep them under 22kgs. Mama seems to be worried about me having to pay overweight baggage fees. I'm worried about strangling her in her sleep getting along well for the next few days. She's gotten a little naggy. I emailed her this afternoon asking if we could go to the ward office tomorrow to cancel my health insurance (which she's been adamantly against for no good reason) and she emailed me back about two hours later. I didn't respond because it didn't look like it needed a response. Apparently I should have. Still, we're going tomorrow. Later than I'd like, but I'll take what I can get. If I can't cancel it properly on my own, I'm gonna hand it in at the airport and let Marie know it's her problem. I know she's got her own problems, but Mama is too much for me right now.

I shouldn't let my bad experiences ruin my whole day. It's just harder at the end here to remember what was very good. Some of the skits put on by other groups in my classes were hilarious. I don't know where they get their inspiration, but I'm constantly surprised by the improv ability of my peers. I did manage all my washing, and my yukata came out of the wash just fine. I was a little worried there for a moment. Yeah, I think I'm gonna try to intentionally have something positive in these posts until I leave. Shouldn't be too hard, but I feel like I've been a bit of a downer lately.