it's real

Today I had my first real goodbye. Real, because it was someone I actually care about here.

I had to say goodbye to the teachers and students yesterday, but if you've read my previous blogs you might know that I wasn't doing so well at my school towards the end! So although there were a few great students, I generally couldn't wait to be done with the rest of them! But today I had my last Japanese lesson and had to say goodbye to my teacher of two years. I had a private lesson every week and although we never socialised outside this time, I think we really grew on each other in the end! I was surprised at how reluctant she seemed to say goodbye.

Then this evening I went to the house of one of the English teachers. I'll see her again before I go, but not her two children. We did hanabi (fireworks - they don't have a separate word for sparklers) after dinner, then we played lots of card games. They kept starting a new game so I could stay longer!

I always feel like something special should happen at a farewell, but I guess all you can do is say goodbye.