Sports Day over, mission complete. Yesterday I opted to videotape the whole thing, so I was up at the fourth floor with my camcorder and a tripod that Matsuyama sensei offered (had remote control from the handle, which really came in handy). Ikemoto sensei videotaped the last half! Guess he really wanted to.

I did get to run 100 meters in the sensei team - originally was assigned to do fifty but figured that just seemed so short. Twas fun, even though it was brief.

The enkai last night was great. Lots of food, a game or two (bingo and prizes) and of course mass amounts of beer. I was able to communicate with the staff and I think my Japanese is getting a little better, at least in terms of the flow. After party one we walked to a karaoke bar and I sang one song with Ikemoto sensei, nothing all that special.

Today I will have to go to the travel agent and figure out how much it will cost to go home. Tomorrow is the city-employee health checkup at noon.