Today was to be my slow day. I had a class with two students in the morning and then nothing for the rest of the day. But... life has a nasty habit of hitting you when you least expect it.

When the boss arrived she announced that two of the other employees were out sick. She wasn't feeling well either. At 2:00 she and the only other employee that was left had to go pick up another load of Japanese summer campers. The sticky point was that there were six Japanese kids in the back room that needed English lessons. There was only one person who could do the job... moi.

I had forgotten how noisy and rambunctious kids could be when you don't share a language and have no time to prepare for the experience. At one point I made up a treasure hunt and sent them out in two teams to search the hotel for various things. Peace reigned supreme for a short time.

I'm tired.