My first embarassing moment

こんばんは！(konbanwa) - Good evening!

It's an absolutely beautiful evening in Kumagaya (26 degrees), which is why I'm planning to get lost in my little town tonight. But before I leave for my little adventure, I thought I would share my first embarassing moment... well, aside from CONSTANTLY getting lost, my first REAL embarassing moment.

Ever since I arrived in Kumagaya, I've become a little less afraid of spiders because they're EVERYWHERE! But there was this one spider crawling around my school haunting me all day at school. In the morning, it was hanging from the ceiling infront of my classroom. In the afternoon, it was crawling on the wall behind me distracting my students. And finally, in the evening, during my second last class, I noticed my student wasn't paying attention to me anymore. I turned to look at what she might be looking at, and there it was... the same spider from this morning hanging 2 inches away from my face!!! I couldn't have bounced out of my chair any faster or screeched any higher and louder!

Now, guess what my student did next. Well, of course she laughed at me (who wouldn't?), but what was unbelievable was she grabbed the web the spider was hanging from and threw the spider out the window! It was the coolest yet weirdest thing I've ever seen. Grabbing the web and not using a tissue or cup to catch the spider... oh Japanese people, how you make me fall in love with you more and more each day... <3>

Next weekend... TOKYO HERE I COME!!!!