I've come to the harsh realization that I enjoy teaching lessons at branches other than my own more than my own. This is, most likely, because I have fun teaching lessons at other schools, and the students at my branch largely have problems communicating and participating in what should otherwise be easy activities.

This, much to my chagrin, is most likely because I've failed to teach them in such a way that they are prepared and able to handle such activities. I'm being forced to re-evaluate my teaching methods.

Or, it could be just a fluke. But who knows.

I notice that recently I haven't been updating as often as I once had, and I'm at a loss as for why. Lots of things have been happening, but I haven't had the desire really to update this journal with any frequency.
Let's see, Melissa and I hashed out our differences, had a long talk at Saizeriya and worked out the nature of our misunderstanding, and things are better now, with hickeys to show for it. Hopefully things will continue in this direction.
Tyler will be here in a week, something about which I am very excited, though now I have to actually start planning things for us and him to do, which is hard and requires more effort than I seem to be willing to put forth.
I've decided it may well be time for me to pony up and get a gym membership, though forcing myself to make time to go to the gym is pretty much the antithesis of what I stand for, so we'll see how that goes.
I called the fam today, and got to speak to all of them, which is weird, thinking that my mother, father, and brother all were home at the same time, though it's pretty certain what they were all doing. Mom was on the computer or on the phone with some counselor or other, getting advice about God knows what, and dad and Owen were sitting watching (read: falling asleep) in front of the TV after one too many Manhattans or some other drink Owen fashioned that's neither properly mixed or consumed by normal, rational drinkers. Not that there are many normal, rational drinkers out there, otherwise they wouldn't be drinking. Apparently they're all doing reasonably well.

A large group of my friends graduated over the weekend, so I made a few phone calls and sent some messages out congratulating them on their managing not to flunk or drop out. It's weird to think it's been two years since my own graduation, even though technically I graduated in September of last year. But we won't talk about that.

I got a letter from the IRS today telling me they unsuccessfully tried to direct deposit my refund into my account, and will be mailing me a check, here to Japan, which I will have to endorse and mail to the US for deposit into my account back home. The State's refund however was successfully deposited into my bank account today, showing me once again that a Federal Government run my Republicans is good for only one thing: postponing the disbursement of money for as long as humanly or inhumanly possible to earn interest as long as it possibly can, i.e. screw me and not them. Present value of money, blah blah blah fucking morons.

It's humid here, the weather is hot yet not sunny, and I'm running out of ways to entertain myself mindlessly here at home, despite the World Cup. I suppose that means I'll be updating this journal a little more than I have been in recent weeks. We'll see how that pans out.