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Kani City

A lot has happened lately. For a start, after my meltdown about having to leave Kiso, I was offered another job in Kani City, Gifu Prefecture. I will be teaching at three Junior High Schools, with occasional visits to Kindergarten and Elementary. A bit of a pity that it won't be a half and half mix like the past six months.

However, after accepting the job I was offered an interview by another company in Nagano. They said that it was possible to find Dede a job, which of course is a very important thing for me. I ended up interviewing with them, and was extremely impressed by the system that they use to keep track of children's progress. I was all set to accept, but the downside was that the job they had considered interviewing Dede for had been filled, and that there was nothing at that time available for him. On the drive home this played on my mind a lot, and that night when they offered me the job I was so, so upset to turn them down. Unfortunately the reason did come down to money. Altia offers a slightly better salary, and the location that I will be moving to will make it easier for Dede to get a job too (at least I am hoping). After I turned them down I had a little cry again; I felt like I had wasted their time and had gotten their hopes up about hiring me. I just hope that they understood my reasons, but in the end it is my interests that I have to look after.

And also, this way I already know what Altia expects of me (at least I hope I do!). I'm a little worried about going to a bigger location; this means more kids and more names...I am hopeless when it comes to names, not to mention names that are foreign to me!

Still don't know when I am moving out, and it is an extremely busy and stressful time. I want to go to Hakuba one last time, I want to go snowboarding this Sunday with some teachers at Fukushima Junior High for one last goodbye, and I have to figure out how to move!! I knew I had bought a lot of items since moving here, but today I bought another large suitcase and I still can't fit everything that I have into it! I'm planning to takkyuubin it, but I still need something to put my items in! Stressful...

Next time I will have many many photos! I have been to two great end of year enkai's, and have received many great gifts. There have been many tears, but I am happy that I am leaving Kiso with such great memories. Only recently I have made some great friends with the staff that I work will, so it will be sad to not be able to see them again. I'm going to do my best to visit again xx
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