Little random thoughts

I've had three days of school.  It is fine, the people are nice and all say "Kawaii!!!!" whenever I walk by.  I don't understand anything, so I just sit there and do nothing during class most of the time.  Hopefully I'll be able to catch on eventually.  I'm with first year high schoolers, so everything they're learning in math and history and classes other than Japanese and Japanese Classics I have learned before.  I kind of don't love the idea of being in high school, because I was trying to get out of that, but at this point it's more something to fill my time and a way to make friends than a stressful depressing routine, so it's okay.

Language:  I can't talk.  I kind of feel like I'm a cube of ice, and all of the words and things I learn in Japanese are heating me up, but I won't start to melt until I hit a certain temperature -- once I understand some magical amount of Japanese I'll suddenly be able to communicate a lot, but until then I am just soaking it in without really making a lot of visible progress.   A logistic curve.  This is my theory.

Kind of homesick today.  Played piano, and playing Imagine was sad.  Then I discovered that I left my most loved grey tattered sweater at home.  Really sad... that sweater makes me feel so cozy.  It's my equivalent of a baby blanket.

Went to my first Rotary meeting on Monday and made a speech.  I was really nervous about it, but everyone said that it was good Japanese, so I think it went well!  I'm going to an orientation thing on Saturday and meeting the other 2 exchange students in the prefecture.