+1 Challenge Weekly Update #4

So the lesson of week 4 for me ... putting yourself into that state of exhaustion is definitely not good. This said, I've been keeping up with my Japanese language learning plan without much problem ... but last week was difficult to say no to social events etc ... and basically ... as much fun as it was, having an early night has to be done once in a while ... so this week ... hmmm ... sorry, but I'm washing my hair .... (oh, ok ... that doesn't take too long for me ... but you get my drift).

I'm actually not going to write too much tonight, as it's half-past ten now and I want to have an early night. I have created a whole load of resources and stuff as I've been studying the last week and a bit ... but will they find their way into this blog post ... erm ... not right now ... it's more important that I get my energy levels back up to where I like them .... superverykool. 

I will however write about the fantastic lesson from Monday 21st ... I had the most amazing time in and around a Tokyo convenience store ... although I was actually sitting in the comfort of my home in England. It was quite incredible really ... and the most fun I've ever had in Japanese to date. The tutor took me out via Skype video on his ipod touch ... so we did the lesson in the car park outside the convenience store ... which was just remarkable in itself. There I was with the occasional car, or random Japanese person passing by ... and oh my word ... really makes it easy to talk about stuff when there is so much of interest going on. 

Then for the last fifteen minutes of the lesson, we went inside the convenience store and when I could actually hold back from being somewhat like an excited puppy dog unleashed in a meadow of candyfloss flowers and flutterbyes ... I could take a moment to breathe and learn something new. That was the highlight of the week ... in fact, its certainly one of the highlights of my Japanese language learning journey thus far.

Anyway, like I say, I've kept up with my schedule ... keeping this blog updated should be easy, but I ended up doing lots of other things over the weekend and just got tired and didn't feel like I'd had a proper rest. But, you know what ... I'm still loving learning Japanese ... I'm still having a hoot with everything ... pooped as I sometimes get ... it's still fun.