So much for trying to keep up to date!
As was expected, Daisy died last month. After taking the new meds for a couple of days she started fading fast and although I'm not completely sure it didn't have anything to do with the new medication, it was a blessing in a way. I'd been up with her for 2 nights and she finally died more or less in her sleep (she was on quite a lot of painkillers) at around 4 in the morning.
The day she died was one to remember as we had Keita's graduation ceremony in the morning and then the big earthquake in the afternoon. I hadn't had a lot of sleep so when my office started swaying, I thought it was just dizziness until I looked outside my window and saw the electricity wires dancing around. It seemed to go on for ages - a lot longer than usual - but I had no idea just how massive and destructive it would turn out. Even now the worst hit areas are still having aftershocks everyday and a lot of areas are still without water and electricity.
Keita is now at his high school and I don't think he's getting enough to eat because all of the emails I get from him are requests for food! He seems to be doing okay baseball wise and I heard (indirectly) that he's going to be playing a practice match with the senior team on Sunday.
I'm back at the high school after the spring holiday and have 6 classes as opposed to the 7 last year so it means I can get back in plenty of time for my own classes here. I've also just agreed to teach at a nearby company 2 nights a week. They initially asked for 5/week but 2 was the most I could manage. As it is, it now means I have an hour class every weekday evening which I'm sure I'm going to regret! On the other hand, I haven't started any new afternoon classes although have allowed 2 new students to start in existing classes.
We also have Aya's 2 dogs here too. They have settled down okay but are wild and have so much more energy than Daisy or Spike so it took us a while to get used to them! The other day when I went upstairs after work, the whole house was covered with toilet paper - Setsuo had left a roll on the table and the dogs had obviously had a great time with it.
