Beware

Looking for beauty I picked up a rock
and scraped underneath to see what I got.
Oh my! (said I) What dirt and grime,
what viscous membrane and putrid lyme.







The unequivocally good news today was that, after three months, I will be off antibiotics. Those horrible things. I swear my skin has developed a thick outer layer that makes me look about 24 in Caucasian (that is I: I come from the caucus mountains.) years and at least 30 in Japanese years. At first I blamed this on pollution and irregular sleep. No doubt these things are to blame, but according to potentially reputable sources on the internet, what helps to maintain the healthy skin is a proper balance of good/bad bacteria. The antibiotics can then kill the good bacteria and can make your skin more sensitive to the sun. As if that was what I needed! But I am off the stuff just in time for Thailand.

Other good news includes two well taught kids classes. Today I have two classes of kids who have lived abroad and this year as we are using a decent text book and plan the lessons ourselves and the freedom creativity and chance to talk to kids in fluent English is very refreshing. In the older class there are two middle school girls who, in addition to having much more varied experience than most kids their age, having had lived abroad, they are also able to express themselves efficiently and precisely and enjoy discussion.