そろそろ時間です。

(Soon, it is time.)
So it goes.
Monday and Tuesday were my Shogakkouhomon. It's hard to believe that something I've virtually dreaded my entire time here is done. It was almost painless. Almost. I only had to present on Monday, and my class was pretty good. They were enthusiastic and would answer my questions, and seemed to have a good time. Monday in general went well. Tuesday also went well, up until the point when I was assigned to help in the class full of little shitheads. They didn't pay attention, and they didn't answer questions. Oh well. Such is life, win some, lose some. I probably built lots of character.

Even though I'm coming down to the last week of my stay in Japan, even the last few days of class, the pace has become almost frenetic. I had my last Vocabulary class yesterday, and my final for Conversation today. The final for listening was last Thursday. I got a 93 and some change. I was pretty happy with it. The sensei's seem to be genuinely sad that Jessie and I will be returning in a little over a weeks time. 10 days from today, I will be home.

As I was saying, the pace has increased. We learned several new grammar points in the past two days, and even as I sit here, there is a worksheet that needs to be done before tomorrow. Will it get done? Most probably. No class tomorrow, though. Thank goodness for small favors, I suppose.

The JLPT is Sunday. I have to take a train to get to my testing center. It's rather inconvienent. It's at the very end of one of the subway lines, and a 15 minute walk from the station. Oh well. It will be over soon, I suppose. (For those interested, it's official name in Japanese is as follows: 日本語能力試験　transliterated: Nihongonoryokushiken Fascinating, isn't it?)

I guess that's it. Po-tee-weet.