Today

-As I was biking to elementary school, four little girls who were walking started running beside me saying "good morninggoodmorninggoodmorning"
-First period was canceled to have an assembly to welcome the new ichi-nenseis (first years). All of the classes cheered hello etc to them, and then the 6th graders (the oldest) gave their designated ichi-nensei a crown and then piggy-backed them out of the gym
-Upon coming back from teaching "What sports to do you play?" to the 4-2 class, I and saw a herd of ichi-nenseis, pared with a ni-nensei (2nd year) in the staffroom, doing a scavenger hunt of sorts
-I will leave for Tokyo (by shinkansen instead of night-bus this time) and spend four days in the city during golden week which isn't really a week this year so much as a slightly extended long weekend
-The sun is occasionally peeking through the clouds and a warm breeze is blowing

(The photos are unrelated)