Mrs. Darnell is ALIVE AND WELL!!

Konnichiwa, everyone! First let me apologize for not posting on my blog for a week. I have a great excuse -- I don't have a computer! About half the teachers brought one, and half of us did not. Those who brought computers promised on our listserve that they would share. Well, we don't get in from activities, meetings, dinner, etc. until about 10 p.m. Then those with computers want to update their blogs, Skype their classrooms, check email, etc., and the rest of us are too worn out to wait and don't want to appear rude twiddling our thumbs waiting for them to finish, so we just say, "Oh, well...maybe tomorrow." So, I'm sorry (sumimasen). I'll try updating everything tonight on this computer that I rented overnight from the front desk of our new hotel in Nagano.