Rain, rain, go away

I had a light day Friday, since my two afternoon classes were canceled due to orientation for the second-year students, who are taking a class trip to Korea next week. The exchange student from Hawaii is going with them, and her main concern is that she doesn't like spicy food. She's planning on taking along a big load of snacks so she won't go hungry.

It rained nearly all day yesterday (which made my moat rather more impressive than its usual trickle). Today typhoon #22 is supposed to hit, so more rain is expected today and tomorrow. I had planned to go shopping in Otsu...the typhoon isn't supposed to be directly over Shiga until later this evening, so maybe if I go early it won't be so bad.

I should never go shopping when I have money

I got the reimbursement for my plane ticket this week...so, of course, I took the money with me when I went shopping. I bought lots more sewing supplies. I have decided that, from now on, I will buy my fabric at the home goods store in Kusatsu. Not only do they have a good selection, I can get it in any length I want. Now, this may seem like a no-brainer. However, most of the craft shops sell all the prettiest designs cut into pieces of 1m X 2m, 1m X 1m, or even smaller for patchwork quilters.

While I was there, I picked up a small laminating machine. I figured I could use it to laminate pictures and such to use in my classes.

For lunch, I tried to order potato gratin with no meat again. I specifically told the waitress I wanted it with no sausage or ham. She went to check with the kitchen, and they said they could do it. I then repeated, to make absolutely certain she understood, that I wanted no meat in it at all. ...Of course, when it came, it had ham in it. I took it back, and someone (possibly the cook?) came out to apologize that the ham comes already mixed in, so they can't take it out. <sigh> Why didn't you say so in the first place? I would have ordered something different and saved you all the trouble.