Sayonara

July has been the say good bye month for me for 3 years now. I don't like good byes and have a hard time with them.

Yesterday, we had a good bye sushi lunch with all my fellow English teachers. I was touched by the kind words spoken about me and the sense that I will be missed. I got a good bye present that I had requested with an unexpectant surprise. I wanted a bag my baseball team has. It is an "official baseball bag" with my name on it and Daiichi (my school) written on it. It is perfect and exactly what I wanted. It reminds me of my school and my baseball boys, whom I love. They are usually the best kids in the class and the ones to come talk to me. To get that bag you have to be a member of the baseball team and actually be a good player. I think that I am perhaps the only girl ever to own the Daiichi Baseball team bag.

I also received a baseball warm up jersey, with my name on it. Surprised by that one.

So sad to say good bye and to realize that I leave in two weeks. How fast time goes by.